In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes.
At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you?
it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who retired to nearby Oxfordshire, and was worried he might be bored, got himself on to every village committee in the first six months, and spent the next ten years extricating himself.
I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.
If you're not aligned with God, it's hard to recognize yourself as being of God. The way that you get aligned with God is by being like God, being like Source, being like energy. That means understanding how God works.
Death is a fisherman, the world we see His fish-pond is, and we the fishes be; His net some general sickness; howe'er he Is not so kind as other fishers be; For if they take one of the smaller fry, They throw him in again, he shall not die: But death is sure to kill all he can get, And all is fish with him that comes to net.
Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest; and if you can do with a little, ask for a great deal. Because if you don't you won't get any.