Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

The great trues are too important to be new.

The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide a range of pithy and hackneyed phrases that they can carry on an amusing and animated conversation without giving a moment’s reflection to what they are saying and so leave their minds free to consider the more important matters of big business and fornication.

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.