In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

All bad art is the result of good intentions.

In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.

Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.