You never find an Englishman among the under dogs except England, of course.

It is a curious thing. that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

Punctuality is the art of guessing how late the other fellow is going to be.

For in that city New York there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.

If it could only be like this always always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe

Change is the only evidence of life.

If it could only be like this always - always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper

Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

Most English gentlemen at this time believed that they had a particular aptitude for endearing themselves to the lower classes. Guy was not troubled by this illusion, but he believed he was rather liked by these particular thirty men. He did not greatly care.