I believe I once considerably scandalized her by declaring that clear soup was a more important factor in life than a clear conscience.
Hector Hugh MunroI love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English.
Hector Hugh MunroThere are certain fixed rules that one observes for one's own comfort. For instance, never be flippantly rude to any inoffensive grey-bearded stranger that you may meet in pine forests or hotel smoking-rooms on the Continent. It always turns out to be the King of Sweden.
Hector Hugh Munro