15: Augustine's Latin: only to be compared with Lyly's Euphues: nondum amarem sed
18: When I read his translation of Aeschylus, I find it very useful to have the Greek beside me so that I may find out what the English means.
41: Lloyd George, untrustworthy in two languages
155: De Valera was marching on Dublin at the head of 20,000 words
218: There are some questions which do not admit of an answer because the fallacy lies in their being put at all
244: Aristocrats can be trusted not to lower others to gain height themselves
255: America's village idiots had all gone to Washington [Al Smith]
277: He withheld his admiration
282: My conscience automatically becomes bad when I meet an archbishop
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