The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the friend who courts her, to honor, or to harass, the unfortunate mortal who shudders at her unwelcome caresses.

For indeed all that we think so new to-day has been acted over and over again, a shifting comedy, by the women of every century.

Humor brings insight and tolerance.

Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.

We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.