No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.
It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.
She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious.
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.