It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up.

Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.

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

Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes.

Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities.