Who said “Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write…”?

“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.”

“History is the essence of innumerable biographies.”

“Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.”

“Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.”

“The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.”

“Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.”

“Other nations use ''force''; we Britons alone use ''Might.''”

“Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.”

“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”

“That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.”

“All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.”