It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.

I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.

It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.

At night, time becomes a calm sea. It goes on for ever.

Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework.

No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their own reflection.