“You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.”

“Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables”

“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.”

“The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.”

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything, a good reason and the real reason.”

“When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen”