If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

What are so mysterious as the eyes of a child?

Every hen thinks she has laid the best egg! Can we not all believe as we choose? But the choice of others - what is that to us? Let them alone.