Obscenity can be found in every book except the telephone directory.

Telephone books are, like dictionaries, already out of date the moment they are printed....

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Obscenity comes from grime.

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.