Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn, the word "sophisticate" means, very simply, "obscene." A sophisticatedstory is a dirty story. Some of that meaning was wafted eastward and got itself mixed up into the present definition. So that a "sophisticate" means: one who dwells in a tower made of a DuPont substitute for ivory and holds a glass of flat champagne in one hand and an album of dirty post cards in the other.

A girl's best friend is her mutter.

All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

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

Innocence is a desirable thing, a dainty thing, an appealing thing, in its place; but carried too far, it is merely ridiculous.