Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

How do you manage it, she said, at your age? I told her I'd been saving up for her all my life.

The bicycle is a great good. But it can turn nasty, if ill employed.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones?

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.