Man is an unoriginal animal.
Man is always in danger – from traffic, from germs, from a hundred-and-one things. As well be killed one way as another. The moment you begin being careful of yourself – adopting as your motto ‘Safety First’ – you might as well be dead.
Man is a vain animal.
Luck, they say, goes in cycles.
Loyalty it is a pestilential thing in crime. Again and again it obscures the truth.
Love’s a desperate and twisting business. It can turn a worm into a fine fellow – and it can bring a decent, straight man down to the dregs!
Love can make devils of men as well as angels.
Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies.
Liking is more important than loving. It lasts.
Life’s a battlefield – not a picnic!
Life is only one of the Great Illusions.
Life is like a train, Mademoiselle. It goes on. And it is a good thing that that is so.