People's weaker side is not necessarily their truer self.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.

Real life seems to have no plots.

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

If you follow the herd, people may mistake you for a cow.

Perhaps it's true that all men love their fathers, no matter how terrible the things they do to their sons: there is a part of us that remains forever in debt to those responsible for our existence.

Think slowly like a snail, act fast like a cheetah.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.

Sleep; and if life was bitter to thee, pardon, If sweet, give thanks; thou hast no more to live; And to give thanks is good, and to forgive.

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.

I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

And another day is tucked under my wing.

That a new humanity will be brought forth from this Christ consciousness in each person.