At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

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Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

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It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

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Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

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