English author.
"His warm, unsatirical, and unintellectual humour won him wide following, e.g., "Three Men in a Boat", 1889."
Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
"Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro [fisherman] can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous veracity, that the experienced angler is seen."
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
"It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."