“Continually one faces the horrible matter of making decisions. The solution ... is as far as possible to avoid conscious rational decisions and choices simply to do what you find yourself doing to float in the great current of life with as little friction as possible to allow things to settle themselves as indeed they do with the most infallible certainty.”

“Continually one faces the horrible matter of making decisions. The solution ... is as far as possible to avoid conscious rational decisions and choices simply to do what you find yourself doing to float in the great current of life with as little friction as possible to allow things to settle themselves as indeed they do with the most infallible certainty.”

“There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

“The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.”

“There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

“Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.”

“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.”

“Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.”

“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.”

“From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.”

“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.”

“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.”