Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those who want to bring along two or three friends; drunks; monologists; those who stay until three o'clock in the morning; those who think that conversation means having an argument; those who take a high moral tone; those who are stupid, ugly, or dull. Enforcement of these rules will enable one to eat alone every night in comfort.

When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.

Regret for wasted time is more wasted time

Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.

Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.

Reading civilized the inner life.

Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.