"Good novels are written by people who are not frightened."

"The dead must always be flattered unless they happen to be artists."

"Handwriting which is both pleasant to look at and easy to read is now a very rare thing."

"All revolutions are failures, but they are not all the same failure."

"So long as democracy exists... totalitarianism is in deadly danger."

Scotland's major ills

The Habits of Book Reviewers

"It may well be that war will become permanent."

A long list of fallacies

The Woolworth's Rose

In praise of Christmas

Deadlocks and bottle-necks