I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.

It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

That the boat did not upset I simply state as a fact. Why it did not upset I am unable to offer any reason. I have often thought about the matter since, but I have never succeeded in arriving at any satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon. Possibly the result may have been brought about by the natural obstinacy of all things in this world. The boat may possibly have come to the conclusion, judging from a cursory view of our behaviour, that we had come out for a morning's suicide, and had thereupon determined to disappoint us. That is the only suggestion I can offer.

It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

"Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!"

There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except in dreams.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.