The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two.

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.

If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.

But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the same way there are certain places, surrounded by a halo of romance, to which the inevitable disillusionment you experience on seeing them gives a singular spice. You had expected something wholly beautiful and you get an impression which is infinitely more complicated than any that beauty can give you. It is the weakness in the character of a great man which may make him less admirable but certainly more interesting. Nothing had prepared me for Honolulu.

There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.