Here is one of the points about this planet which should be remembered; into every penetrable corner of it, and into most of the impenetrable corners, the English will penetrate. They are like that; born invaders. They cannot stay at home.

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it.

Here is one of the points about this planet which should be remembered; into every penetrable corner of it, and into most of the impenetrable corners, the English will penetrate. They are like that; born invaders. They cannot stay at home.

Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.

One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Traveling together is a great test, which has damaged many friendships and even honeymoons, and some people such as [Thomas] Gray and Horace Walpole, never feel quite the same to one another again, and it is nobody's fault, as one knows if one listens to the stories of both, though it seems to be some people's fault more than others.