He [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.

Don't follow it blindly into every dark alley. Always remember that you are not a model or a mannequin for which the fashion is created.

It is my private life which no one knows anything about, nor ever will. It needs more than half my time if it is to be a success.

Your daughter is your child for life.

Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.

The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.