I have nothing to tell except travellers' stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

When one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent.

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.

... happy husbands and wives can hear each other say the same thing over and over again without being tired.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.