Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.

Tradition is only democracy extended through time; it may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who are merely walking about. All democrats object to men being disqualified by accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by accident of death. Democracy tells us not to neglect a good man's opinion, even if he is our father.