Am sorry to note that abuse and condemnation of a common acquaintance often constitutes very strong bond of union between otherwise uncongenial spirits.

Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.

Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation.

Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?

Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.

Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.

There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.

Begin to write.

Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing.

Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never.

Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

The things that make us happy make us wise.

I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture.

As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale: "Oh, I say, some girls are bigger than others, Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers.

I truly believe that I can be president of the US if I really want to.