“When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.”

“I made an appointment to see him and then ordered another beer. While I was drinking it I did some doodling on a piece of paper, the algebraic kind that you hope will help you think more clearly. When I finished doing that, I was more confused than ever. Algebra was never my strong subject.”

“A man's bookseller should keep his confidence, like his physician. What can become of a world where every man knows what another man reads? Why, sir, books would become like quacks' potions, with every mountebank in the newspapers claiming one volume's superiority over another.”

“Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught.”

“He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from his fingernails, ...”

“Focus your intention on your dreams, you can wave magic when you set your heart and mind to it”

“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation. ”