Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

It was at "Little Lodge" I was first menaced with Education. The approach of a sinister figure described as 'the Governess' was announced.

Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.