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 haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.

We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales.

It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.

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

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.