Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

I prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels.

I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

The audiences certainly have declined. If I go to the theatre now I find people come there to eat and smoke and talk to one another. And look like scarecrows.

They are a very decent generous lot of people out here and they don't expect you to listen.... It's the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard.

The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him. Julia to Charles