I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

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.

It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.

Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.

Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.