Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality.

We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We must be alert, stern, righteous and ascetic. For we were bent on doing great, permanent and noble things.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.

To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.