Authority is conferred by position, not character.

To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room.

At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.

Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.

Tales of adultery are much improved by period costumes.

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.