They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

I'd prefer to be right than consistent.

It was at "Little Lodge" I was first menaced with Education. The approach of a sinister figure described as 'the Governess' was announced.

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

It saves a lot of trouble if, instead of having to earn money and save it, you can just go and borrow it.

In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will be a light which shines over all the land and sea.

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.