the most successful marriages were always based on both partners feeling that they had done rather well for themselves.

We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.

Old age makes caricatures of us all.

Any visitor to an historic country town or city quickly becomes aware in his or her peregrinations that the most attractive houses in the centre are invariably the offices of lawyers.

History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species.

Perfect love may cast our fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love.