The proper, wise balancing of one’s whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

It is not until an age has receded into history, and all its mediocrity has dropped away from it, that we can see it as it is — as a group of men of genius. We forget the immense amount of twaddle that the great epochs produced.

Money is far commoner than time. When one reflects, one perceives that money is just about the commonest thing there is.

We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is.

Which of us is not saying to himself–which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: I shall alter that when I have a little more time? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is.

The chief beauty about timeis that you cannot waste it in advance.The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,as perfect, as unspoiled,as if you had never wasted or misapplieda single moment in all your life.You can turn over a new leaf every hourif you choose.