It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.

When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed?

however long we have to live, there are never enough springs.

I love the idea of bringing order out of disorder which is what the mystery is about. I like the way in which it affirms the sanity of human life and exorcises irrational guilts.

A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.

The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.