How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords…

- James Payn

One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

- James Payn

For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by …

- James Payn

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up…

- James Payn

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far a…

- James Payn

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not…

- James Payn

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon i…

- James Payn

I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side.

- James Payn

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treate…

- James Payn