Anyone could write a novel given six weeks, pen paper, and no telephone or wife.

Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost.

Dearest Charles-- I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning for my lost innocence. It never looked like living. The doctors despaired of it from the start... I am never quite alone. Members of my family keep turning up and collecting luggage and going away again, but the white raspberries are ripe. I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits. Love or what you will. S.

At first it was impressive, but after half and hour deadly monotonous. It was like everything German - overdone.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes.

That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.