Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things.

I like to walk around Manhattan, catching glimpses of its wild life, the pigeons and cats and girls.

The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime.

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.

The fricassee with dumplings is made by a Mrs. Miller whose husband has left her four times on account of her disposition and returned four times on account of her cooking.

If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.