There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

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.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.