The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me.
Good manners spring from just one thing - kind impulses.
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.
don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.
[On the British Museum:] It was manifestly impossible to read all the books in that huge, gloomy structure, but I made a good try and accumulated a fund of useless information guaranteed to cast a pall over any dinner table.