It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.
Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
Everything I write has a precedent in truth.
People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.
A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.
Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.