Well-bred English People Never Have Imagination.

Still, It Doesn't Do To Murder People, No Matter How Offensive They May Be.

Heaven Deliver Us, What's A Poet? Something That Can't Go To Bed Without Making A Song About It.

The Only Ethical Principle Which Has Made Science Possible Is That The Truth Shall Be Told All The Time. If We Do Not Penalize False Statements Made In Error, We Open Up The Way For False Statements By Intention. And A False Statement Of Fact, Made Deliberately, Is The Most Serious Crime A Scientist Can Commit.

The Rule Seemed To Be That A Great Woman Must Either Die Unwed ... Or Find A Still Greater Man To Marry Her. ... The Great Man, On The Other Hand, Could Marry Where He Liked, Not Being Restricted To Great Women; Indeed, It Was Often Found Sweet And Commendable In Him To Choose A Woman Of No Sort Of Greatness At All.

The One Thing Which Seems To Me Quite Impossible Is To Take Into Consideration The Kind Of Book One Is Expected To Write; Surely One Can Only Write The Book That Is There To Be Written.