...it is our good fortune that the exigencies of birth and training furnish all of us with the opportunities for snobbery.

A pleasantly situated hotel close to the sea, and chalets by the water's edge where one breakfasted. Clientele well-to-do, and although I count myself no snob I cannot abide paper bags and orange peel. ("Not After Midnight")

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.