Beerbohm was a genius of the purest kind. He stands at the summit of his art.

Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul.

The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.

They are a very decent generous lot of people out here and they don't expect you to listen.... It's the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard.

I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.

His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.