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

Strange when you come to think of it, that of all countless folk who have lived on this planet, not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.

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

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

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.