Women and elephants never forget an injury.

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

I believe I once considerably scandalized her by declaring that clear soup was a more important factor in life than a clear conscience.

A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it.

Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.