As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

Which of us is not saying to himself which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: " I shall alter that when I have a little more time"? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is.

Time is the explicable raw material of everything.

You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer has immense circulation, if he is enjoyed by plain persons, and if he can fill several theatres at once, he cannont possibly be worth reading and merits only indifference and disdain.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.