The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.

It is in bad taste," is the most formidable word an Englishman can pronounce.

Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.