We can be nowhere private except in the midst of London.

Charles Lamb (1775-1834)

With the possible exception of New York, there is no place like London for versatility in eating.

James Huneker (1859-1921)

The type of man capable of success in London is more or less callous and cynical. If I had the training of boys, I would teach them to think of London as the last place where life can be lived worthily.

George Gissing (1857-1903)

London streets . . . are divided into two classes: into streets where the roast-beef of life is earned, and into streets where the said roast-beef is eaten.

Max Schlesinger (1822-1881)

A man dressed to appear at Court would not dare to walk through the streets of London: a porter, a loafer a scapegoat from the dregs of the people would throw mud at him, laugh in his face, push him to make him say something offensive all in order to have an excuse for engaging him in a fist fight.

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1798)