I don't pretend to be superior to certain temptations if they came in my way.

But I happen to have kept out of their way.

That is all." "You have certainly kept out of the way of--nearly everything." "For my part, I daresay I am hopelessly out of date, but I value beauty and peace and simplicity higher than a noisy success.

But a noisy success is the one thing that counts nowadays." "Does it ?" "And Grenfell has taken the right steps to gain it.

If a man craves for popularity, if he really thinks the bubble worth striving for, he must lay himself out for it.