I Write Only When Inspiration Strikes. Fortunately

A Man Who Is A Politician At Forty Is A Statesman At Three Score And Ten. It Is At This Age, When He Would Be Too Old To Be A Clerk Or A Gardener Or A Police-court Magistrate, That He Is Ripe To Govern A Country.

Oh, It's Always The Same,' She Sighed, 'if You Want Men To Behave Well To You, You Must Be Beastly To Them; If You Treat Them Decently They Make You Suffer For It.

There Is Nothing So Terrible As The Pursuit Of Art By Those Who Have No Talent.

Dying Is The Most Hellishly Boresome Experience In The World! Particularly When It Entails Dying Of 'natural Causes'.

If It Is Necessary Sometimes To Lie To Others, It Is Always Despicable To Lie To Oneself.