…Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded…
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
The more one is hated, I find, the happier one is.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
No good deed goes unpunished.
The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open.