It was a book to kill time for those who liked it better dead.

the position of women, that sad and well-nigh universal blot on civilizations, was never far from her mind.

One could do with a longer year - so much to do, so little done, alas.

It was a book to kill time for those who liked it better dead.

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.

what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization?

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.