New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength.

I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

A little superstition is a good thing to keep in one's bag of precautions.

Men are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women.

The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time.

Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.