Goodness, Truth and Beauty come first

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

I'm old-fashioned beyond my years.

No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still -- that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed.

It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.

There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce.

The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.