Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.

The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.

Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.

As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. Some people have easy temperaments and weak characters; others have difficult temperaments and strong characters. We are all prone to confuse the two in assessing people we associate with. Those with easy temperaments and weak characters are more likable than admirable; those with difficult temperaments and strong characters are more admirable than likable.