[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.

it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.

[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.

If you are rich, you have lovely cars, and jars full of flowers, and books in rows, and a wireless, and the best sort of gramophone and meringues for supper.

the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.

But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence

Remorse ... is one of the many afflictions for which time finds a cure.