Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.

If you haven't had your life what have you had?

Writing is not primarily escape, but use.

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

Though it might have its momentary alarms, paternity is not an exciting vocation.

There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without tasting.