It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do and if you were inclined to be a writer that's a help.

'Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

In our open society we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears close our eyes and blindly follow the most narrow conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.