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

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.

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

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

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

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.

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.

Every single scar on her soul testifies of the times when she ignored the voice of her spirit

I just want to make something that I love and people will respect.

Finally my competitive spirit has come alive and I'm winning again.

God exists because arithmetic is consistent - the Devil exists because we can't prove it!

One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.

Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business.

My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.