Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).

The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music... it is worth anyone's while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything.

The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.

Let the meek inherit the earth -- they have it coming to them.

No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity.