I have my own way of dividing people, as I suppose most of us have. There are those whom I can talk to, and those whom I can't.

It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own bosom.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

... I have always been a disappointment to my friends. I have no gift of talk, not much to say; and though I have always been an excellent listener, that only succeeds under auspicious circumstances.

There is nothing so costly as bargains.

The middle of life is the testing-ground of character and strength.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.