Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or grief's that may beset us.

Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet

The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.

A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.

Every kind of writing is hypocritical.