Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson.

I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.

Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.

I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.