The last words he said to me when I bade him good-night were: Tell Amy it's no good coming after me. Anyhow, I shall change my hotel, so she wouldn't be able to find me.' My own impression is that she's well rid of you,' I said. My dear fellow, I only hope you'll be able to make her see it. But women are very unintelligent.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

The best style is the style you don't notice.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.

Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.