I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led. some of them fascinated me. Others filled me with terror.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.

If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.