It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which is the prime cause of infidelity, that infallible rejuvenator.

Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

We may assume that we keep people waiting symbolically because we do not wish to see them and that our anxiety is due not to being late, but to having to see them at all.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?

Dare to dwell on great thoughts, you will be great.

People can live through hardship, but from hard feelings they perish.

Most people would say 'the deets', but I say 'the tails'. Just another example of innovation.

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.

My degrees are in anthropology, and I have friends who have worked with apes.

It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.

I wanted to create an extremely sexy fragrance that would turn a man's head.

Information is power. --Humfrey

Complex regulation in place of simple-rules capitalism disrupts market processes and corrupts business incentives.