The Reading Of A Fine Book Is

A Friend Loves You For Your Intelligence, A Mistress For Your Charm, But Your Family's Love Is Unreasoning; You Were Born Into It And Are Of Its Flesh And Blood. Nevertheless It Can Irritate You More Than Any Group Of People In The World.

British Conversation Is Like A Game Of Cricket Or A Boxing Match; Personal Allusions Are Forbidden Like Hitting Below The Belt, And Anyone Who Loses His Temper Is Disqualified.

Either The Soul Is Immortal And We Shall Not Die, Or It Perishes With The Flesh And We Shall Not Know That We Are Dead. Live, Then, As If You Were Eternal.

We Don't Love A Woman For What She Says, We Like What She Says Because We Love Her.

A Man Cannot Free Himself From The Past More Easily Than He Can From His Own Body.