"Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that was 'Good things come to those who do the wave,'" said Simon. "No wonder I've been so confused all my life."
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer
He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.
My education was interrupted only by my schooling.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
I can resist everything except temptation.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.