I think the sense of belonging does give you a certain amount of mental satisfaction.

Nature provides that a man who slaves all day should spend the hours of the night in a palace full of houris whereas a king who wields the sceptre by day should have his sleep disturbed by nightmares of rebellion and assassination.

The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned

I have never, in 50 years, ever missed a deadline [as a journalist].

I am prolific. Any rubbish I write gets published, so books keep churning out.

I've had very little sex. I like my Scotch, but I've never been drunk.

When you have counted eighty years and more, Time and Fate will batter at your door; But if you should survive to be a hundred, Your life will be death to the very core.