Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool.

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.

First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.