Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

It may be those who do most, dream most.

In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.