Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social.

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.

We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.

Adventure must start with running away from home.

You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.

The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.