All this was mine; but I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about. The shared experiences, the wisdom so freely proffered by others, in words and in example, rarely swayed me for long. Came another day and the import was gone, and only the echo of the laughter remained. Experience was a revolving sun in the warmth of which I was content to bask.

There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking-chair that attaches to no other moving object.

I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.

I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.

You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance.

You can never be too rich or too thin.

I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.