“A joke is a very serious thing.”

“You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.”

“You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was meant to be wooed and won by youth.”

“I am easily satisfied with the very best.”

“This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read.”

“Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose”

“When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.”