Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.

A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.

As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race.

He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.