Life is full of wonderful passions that come and go over the years, but the only one that will never let you down is reading.

Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery.

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

I may have power but I do not have strength.

Maybe I needed sensitivity training. I once signed up for an anger management class, but the instructor pissed me off.

If you need a baby that bad, go down to the pound and get one. Not even a baby - go get an old man. There's unwanted people of all ages, pre-made and waiting for you.

If we didn't struggle through some things, we would never develop the strength and stamina we need to survive in this world.

Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people.

Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.

It’s sad, y’know, what money does to people.

You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.

Pressure is calming to the nervous system.

The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being.