Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

Shall I turn up the light for you? No, give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light.

Who are those we love? Only those we do not hate.

When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Life is a disease; and the only difference between on man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.

There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and illuminated pictures cunningly inset. But nowadays, instead of looking at books, people read them. A book might as well be one of those orders for bacon and bran.