Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

Writing is a wholetime job: no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it.

Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.

A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes more readily from the materially deprived At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Sherry, the civilized drink.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.