I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Strange when you come to think of it, that of all countless folk who have lived on this planet, not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

Pessimism does win us great happy moments.