An improper mind is a perpetual feast.

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

The word snob belongs to the sour-grape vocabulary.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

The ladies who try to keep their beauty are the ladies who lose it.

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!

Money and sex are forces too unruly for our reason; they can only be controlled by taboos with which we tamper at our peril.