O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.

The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are.

Properly understood, style is not a seductive decoration added to a functional structure; it is of the essence of a work of art. The necessary elements of style are lucidity, elegance, and individuality; these three qualities combine to form a preservative which ensures the nearest approximation to permanence in the fugitive art of letters.

"It is typical of Oxford," I said, "to start the new year in autumn."

You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

O God, make me good, but not yet.