Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!

When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.

... some of the things floating about in the Well of Memory are not worth recording.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

... if a man really and truly believed that black was white, you might advise him to see an oculist, but you mustn't call him a liar.

We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.