I tremble with pleasure when I think that on the very day of my leaving prison both the laburnum and the lilac will be blooming in the gardens, and that I shall see the wind stir into restless beauty the swaying gold of the one, and make the other toss the pale purple of its plumes, so that all the air shall be Arabia for me.

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

You can fake intelligence, but you can't fake wit.

Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.