Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

Actions lie louder than words.

Insistent advice may develop into interference, and interference, someone has said, is the hind hoof of the devil.

You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob, And a ring-and-thimble cake.

When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream of paper. When the candy is all gone and the paper all used up, I know that the book is long enough.

Contentment is the result of a limited imagination.

I'm just the same age I've always been.