The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.

It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

We do not write as we want, but as we can.