I never enter a new company without the hope that I may discover a friend, perhaps the friend, sitting there with an expectant smile. That hope survives a thousand disappointments.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.