There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
Tolerance is another word for indifference.
Sherry, the civilized drink.
A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.