“Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.”

“I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.”

“By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”

“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community”

“Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.”

“My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.”

“It is sweet to dance to violinsWhen love and life are fair:To dance to flutes, to dance to lutesIs delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!”