cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality.

[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not steal' is one's good opinion of one's self.

I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up.

Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth.

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him.

Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is more truthful to act what we should feel if the community is to be well served rather than behave as we actually do feel in our selfish private feelings.