The Impatient Man Is His Own Enemy;

A Certain Person May Have, As You Say, A Wonderful Presence; I Do Not Know. What I Do Know Is That He Has A Perfectly Delightful Absence.

History Is Not Usually What Has Happened. History Is What Some People Have Thought To Be Significant.

Banality Is Like Boredom: Bored People Are Boring People, People Who Think That Things Are Banal Are Themselves Banal. Interesting People Can Find Something Interesting In All Things.

The Colour Of The Water Seems To Be The Colour Of The Glass Into Which It Has Been Poured'.

From Imperial, Economic And Ideological Causes, Many Cultures Are The Inheritors, And Hence The Prisoners, Of Attitudes Of Scorn And Disdain For Other Faiths – Outlooks Which Are Not Ennobling To Anyone.