Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.