Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.' Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.

English doctors have killed 3/4 of my friends & the joke is the remaining 1/4 go on recommending them, so odd is human nature.

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry.

I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.