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.

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

The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him. Julia to Charles

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?

I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.

An artist must be a reactionary

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.