A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.

Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.

One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.

In Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people - the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me.

All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes.

In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.