How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

Money no longer has any meaning. Civilization is coming to an end. If not the destruction of the world, it's an endless stalemate.

My parents were marvelously educated people.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea.