Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.

I told you this would happen. But, no, you had to go for the buffet, didn't you?

Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten

I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true.

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.