Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.

We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.

I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.

The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable contribution to literature through its wit, style or wisdom; another kind is that whose main importance lies in the provision of a background to their author's life. Especially in the correspondence of great writers and poets, these two factors are very often combined.