To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.

Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities!

For, try as we may, we cannot get behind the appearence of things to reality. And the terrible reason may be that there is no reality in the things apart from their appearences.

To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.