No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love.
Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.
Down with boredom. It has to go.
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.
A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.
Cocktails are society's most enduring invention!
[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.
As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent are words in the presence of such perfection.
Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.
The best moments of my working life are when I find people who are passionate about what they do. That happens a lot in film, and it's an exciting experience that creates its own energy. I think that underlying care and passion is key in any successful company.
I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.