You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place.

My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.

How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' .

It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is not that of the policeman.

The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.

Perhaps you know some well-off families who do not seem to suffer from their riches. They do not overeat themselves; they find occupations to keep themselves in health; they do not worry about their position; they put their money into safe investments and are content with a low rate of interest; and they bring up their children to live simply and do useful work. But this means that they do not live like rich people at all, and might therefore just as well have ordinary incomes.