The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.

There must be some good in the cocktail party to account for its immense vogue among otherwise sane people.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.

When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.