The Americans, of course, are quite dotty with hospitality.
I never say 'No' to anything.
It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.
Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.
Never get involved with someone who wants to change you
Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan.