In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice.

I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence.

... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief.

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

The tour bus was supposed to be here ten minutes ago. Would it be possible to give them a ring to check they've not forgotten us?

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore.