I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

Cultivate a sense of humour. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.

Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.

He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.

Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes - some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world - some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound far-off and faint.

Let us play the game of life as sportsmen, pocketing our winnings with a smile, leaving our losings with a shrug.