Pessimism does win us great happy moments.
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
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.
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.
I am a Tory anarchist. I should like everyone to go about doing just as he pleased - short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.