Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.

Every cat is really the most beautiful woman in the room.

The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.