Outside the trees dragged their leaves like nets through the depths of the air; the sound of water was in the room and through the waves came the voices of birds singing.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.

O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism I swear I will write for my own praise or blame in future. It is a misery.

Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.

Why, he wondered, did people who had been asleep always want to make out that they were extremely wide-awake?