I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation.

Never fall in love?" "Always," said the count. "I am always in love.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.

Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad.

A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.