The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Parents are untamed, excessive, potentially troublesome creatures; charming to be with for a time, in the main they must lead their own lives, independent and self-employed, with companions of their own age and selection.

One could do with a longer year - so much to do, so little done, alas.

One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.

Never approach a friend's wife or girlfriend with mischief as your goal... unless she's really attractive.

Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in.

Behavior of such cunning cruelty that only a human being could have thought of or contrived it we call 'inhuman,' revealing thus some pathetic ideal standard for our species that survives all betrayals.