There is a country proverb which says, 'If you don't trouble trouble - trouble won't trouble you.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as frauds.

Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the beginning, and what is the end.

The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-laid eggs. No visits to the afflicted. No opportunities for the milk of human kindness to flow. Naturally it doesn't.

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

You cannot divide minds into sexes. Each human being presents an individual problem.