Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it..

It is always better to say too little than too much..

When there is too much to say it is easier to say nothing at all..

Husbands and wives quarrel a lot more than anyone thinks, and it's oftener about little things than big ones..

... the things that happened in your body were never as bad as the things that happened in your mind..

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue..

The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-….

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all..

You can't do such a lot and do it all so well and have much time left for the ordinary human feelings..

A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as frauds..

There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write. This is very different from wanting to be a writer. To be a writer always seemed someth….

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb..

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation..

Emotion which you do not share can become intolerable..

Money's a very serious thing - especially when you haven't got any..

My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for them. And of course ….

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get..

I used to do miserably in English literature, which I thought was a sign of moral turpitude. As I look back on it, I think it was rather to my credit….

Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little..

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight..