Intolerance Of Mediocrity Has Been The Main

People Who Have Escaped From Poverty Are Like Old Soldiers. In Later Years They Recount The Little, Amusing Incidents That Happened Infrequently, And Conveniently Forget The Long, Unrelieved Stretches Of Misery And Boredom.

What Is A Bore? Maxwell Definition: A Vacuum Cleaner Of Society, Sucking Up Everything And Giving Nothing. How Do You Spot One? Bores Are Always Anxious To Be Seen Talking To You.

Don't Try For Wit. Settle For Humor. You'll Last Longer.

Serve The Dinner Backward, Do Anything - But For Goodness Sake, Do Something Weird.

[on The British Museum:] It Was Manifestly Impossible To Read All The Books In That Huge, Gloomy Structure, But I Made A Good Try And Accumulated A Fund Of Useless Information Guaranteed To Cast A Pall Over Any Dinner Table.