New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to bed.

As a rule, from what I've observed, the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.

You know how it is with some girls. They seem to take the stuffing right out of you. I mean to say, there is something about their personality that paralyses the vocal cords and reduces the contents of the brain to cauliflower.

One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth.

Whenever I have that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.

"After all, golf is only a game", said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realise what they are saying.

His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning.