A man wants nothing so badly as a gooseberry farm.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

If I wanted to order a ring for myself, the inscription I should choose would be: "Nothing passes away." I believe that nothing passes away without leaving a trace, and that every step we take, however small, has significance for our present and our future existence.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter