Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.

A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.

She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you.” Waddington, smiling, translated the question. “She says I’m good.” “As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue,” Kitty mocked.

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.