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.

Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid gloves, mentally and physically

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

Seeing twilight fall should be prescribed by doctors.

one should be afraid of life, not of death.

Careful grooming may take twenty years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a flight of stairs.

What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.