“It has been suggested that the Three Hours for Lunch Club is an immoral institution; that it is founded upon an insufficient respect for the devotions of industry; that it runs counter to the form and pressure of the age; that it encourages a greedy and rambling humour in the young of both sexes; that it even punctures, in the capsule of efficiency and determination by which Great Matters are Put Over... But Food is not the chief object of its quest. It is true that Man, bitterly examined, is merely a vehicle for units of nourishing combustion; but on the occasions when the Club feels most truly Itself it rises above such considerations.”

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.”

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

“Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.”

“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”