A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public.

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

The war years count double. Things and people not actively in use age twice as fast.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.