Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

If you think that one individual can't make a difference in the world, consider what one cigar can do in a nine-room house.

It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.