Keep Your Talent In The Dark And

[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.

Only Those Who Have Earned Leisure Know How To Use It Profitably.

Good Manners - The Longer I Live The More Convinced I Am Of It - Are A Priceless Insurance Against Failure And Loneliness. And Anyone Can Have Them.

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

Most Rich People Are The Poorest People I Know.