Those who arrive at the end of the journey are not those who began.

April is the cruellest month.

It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are... ...We must always take risks. That is our destiny.

With Cats, some say, one rule is true: Don’t speak till you are spoken to. Myself, I do not hold with that — I say, you should ad-dress a Cat. But always keep in mind that he Resents familiarity. I bow, and taking off my hat, Ad-dress him in this form: O Cat! But if he is the Cat next door, Whom I have often met before (He comes to see me in my flat) I greet him with an oopsa Cat! I think I've heard them call him James — But we've not got so far as names.

Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

In the last few years everything I'd done up to sixty or so has seemed very childish.

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence