A sense of humour is common sense dancing.

You can't be young always. The day will come when everything will fall apart.

Men never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.

Every sentence he manages to utter scatters its component parts like pond water from a verb chasing its own tail.

The secret for an artist is to make that a subject and not bang your head against the wall and give up. But to turn it into and treat the new subject matter, which is one's own vanishing.

Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense, dancing. Those who lack humour are without judgment and should be trusted with nothing.

Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.