We re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one's got to stop muddling.

until I have been able to bury my head so deep in dear London that I can forget that I have ever been away I am inconsolable.

Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Each meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.

Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.

Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.

youth is a marvelous garment

All art is the struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.