And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I realize it.

Over my real sorrows I never weep.

England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt.

Being moderate with oneself and generous with others; this is what is meant by having a just relationship with money, by being free as far as money is concerned.

My tidiness, and my untidiness, are full of regret and remorse and complex feelings.

The English have no imagination: and yet they do show imagination in two things - two only. In the evening-clothes worn by old ladies, and in their cafés.