Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

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.

What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

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

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.