Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb.

You can't do such a lot and do it all so well and have much time left for the ordinary human feelings.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it.

Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the beginning, and what is the end.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as frauds.