Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

If he had unlimited money at his disposal, he might go into the wilds somewhere and shoot big game. I never know what the big game have done to deserve it, but they do help to deflect the destructive energies of some of our social misfits.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.

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.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.