There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.

When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

There is no sin except stupidity.