But the English do not know what surprise is. No one ever turns his head to look at anyone else in the street.

Over my real sorrows I never weep.

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.

But the English do not know what surprise is. No one ever turns his head to look at anyone else in the street.

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.

I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.