It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.