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

Sherry, the civilized drink.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means of drugs, beautiful women, lush gardens, and religious promises. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.

Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs.

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.