Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn't something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly - a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.

Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.

The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.