America is not a country, it is a world.

The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.

Even now I cannot help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion one feels in creation is ever really shown in the work one creates.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

It is awfully hard work doing nothing.

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.

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