Exactly! It is absurd - improbable - it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! One cannot escape from the facts.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

One place is very like another.

In my experience, people who go about looking for trouble usually find it.

People should be interested in books, not their authors.

There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.