If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".

I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.

You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.