The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

I want to be a lawn. Greta Garbo.

History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.

It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.

British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.

The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).

For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave in the cab coming back.

To confess that you are totally Ignorant about the horse, is social suicide: you will be despised by everybody, especially the horse.