People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.

If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that's much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

When you have to apologize, it is well, I suppose, to get the thing over quickly.

Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for it.

The ones I like are ‘cheque’ and ‘enclosed.’