It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.

The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.

When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me.