Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong-Kong.

The Saluki is a marvel of elegance.

To hope for Paradise is to live in Paradise, a very different thing from actually getting there.

Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.

Nothing shows up the difference between the things said or read, so much as the daily experience of it.

Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming.

I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all.