A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.

It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; ... yours is the earth and everything that's in it...

Meddling with another man's folly is always thankless work.

Well, if I am a man, a man I must become.