I am myself so exceedingly Nordic, as far as physical constitution is concerned, that I can enjoy almost any weather except what is called glorious weather. At the end of a few days, I am left wondering how the men of the Mediterranean ever managed to do almost all the most active and astonishing things that have been done.

My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.

Grey is a colour that always seems on the eve of changing to some other colour.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

One pleasure attached to growing older is that many things seem to be growing younger; growing fresher and more lively than we once supposed them to be.

For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.

People that insist upon drinking and driving, are putting the quart before the hearse.