No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get.

"Children, don't speak so coarsely," said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters' speech, and that a line should be drawn, but never knew quite when to draw it. He had allowed his daughters to use his library without restraint, and nothing is more fatal to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library.

"There is no disputing about tastes," says the old saw. In my experience there is little else.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman.

My dear fellow, my whole life is moved by the principle that the one thing which is more important than peace is music. It is because I believe that I am poor.