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