Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.

Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

We may assume that we keep people waiting symbolically because we do not wish to see them and that our anxiety is due not to being late, but to having to see them at all.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

She stopped at the desk and held up a can for his view. "This looks like an ordinary hairspray can, right?""Of course." he said though he had no idea what hairspray was.

Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn’t happen by accident.

Sometimes the most complex problems can be solved with the simplest solutions.

Here is a rule to remember when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is a misfortune " but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

One person's fashion is another person's disaster.

It seems like bands have stopped making timeless, great rock albums like they did back in the day.

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. Happiness is a direction, not a place.

There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you're money and that you want to party.