I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within twenty-four hours you nearly always come across it again.

And, of course, afterwards -- one always hears these things afterwards, so much better if one heard them before -- we found out that dozens of empty brandy bottles were taken out of the house every week!

Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride.