The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself - and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

how tedious is retirement! You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after day.

A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves

Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.