Hilaire Belloc

"Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone."

"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."

"When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly."

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

"All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men."

"I'm tired of love I'm still more tired of rhyme but money gives me pleasure all the time."