Far More Quickly Than Reason And Logic,

I Have Had Many Successes And Many Failures In My Life. My Successes Have Always Been For Different Reasons, But My Failures Have Always Been For The Same Reason: I Said Yes When I Meant No.

New York Is Not A City To Return To In Defeat.

A Too Constant Preoccupation With Money May Seem To Indicate The Lack Of A Proper Sense Of Moral Values, But [let] Those Who Have Always Had Money . . . Be Without It For A While, And They Will Soon Discover How Quickly It Becomes Their Chief Concern.

The Theatre Breeds Its Own Kind Of Cruelty, And Its Sadism Takes On A Keener Edge Since It Can Be Enjoyed Under The Innocent Guise Of Critical Judgment.

Poor People Know Poor People, And Rich People Know Rich People. It Is One Of The Few Things La Rochefoucauld Did Not Say, But Then La Rochefoucauld Never Lived In The Bronx.