People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom.

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.

the wealthy ... live in marble mausoleums surrounded by the suspicions and neuroses that have replaced the medieval moats which once isolated so-called aristocrats from reality.

Intolerance of mediocrity has been the main prop of my independence.

don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.

I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.