People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk.

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.

I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.

By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry.

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.

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.