It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.

The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the highest form of literature, Poetry, brings no wealth to the singer.

LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Never buy anything simply because it is expensive.

The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.

There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.