It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky.

Beware of men bearing flowers.

From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers.

People who quoted the Scriptures in criticism of others were terrible bores and usually they misapplied the text. One could prove anything against anyone from the Bible.

If you choose the sort of life which has no conventional pattern you have to try to make an art of it, or it is a mess.

I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don't.

Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.