In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift.

The good that men do lives after them.

Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.

I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.

To be somebody, you must last.

Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.