There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.

The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

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

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.