Still I sojourn here, alone and palely loitering, though the sedge is withered from the lake and no birds sing. For I sent the bath towel to the wash this morning, and omitted to put out another. I have no towel.

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 last sin, the sin against the Holy Ghost - to lie to oneself. Lying to other people - that's a small thing in comparison.

To lunch with the important ... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder.

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.

Parents are untamed, excessive, potentially troublesome creatures; charming to be with for a time, in the main they must lead their own lives, independent and self-employed, with companions of their own age and selection.

When I have eaten mangoes, I have felt like Eve.