It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos.