Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community

I work as my father drank.

That older and greater church to which I belong: the church where the oftener you laugh the better, because by laughter only can you destroy evil without malice

What is self-control? It is nothing but a highly developed vital sense, dominating and regulating the mere appetites. To overlook the very existence of this supreme sense; to miss the obvious inference that it is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.

Marriage is tolerable enough in its way if youre easygoing and dont expect too much from it. But it doesnt bear thinking about.