Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.

Almost all the people who’ve had the most effect on me I seem to have met by chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn’t but have met them.

It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an attache in the diplomatic service.

"Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I`ll just show you this one." He showed me three.

Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.