Advice is always a confession.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".
A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.
You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.