Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

There's never any great risk as long as you have money.