Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.
Love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike.
First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.
If I were to search for logic, I would not look for it among the English upper class.
There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends, that's the real test.
No family is ever what it seems from the outside.