"I never approve or disapprove of anything. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life."

"I am not at all sure that I am a popular person. But I am certainly a person who attracts a great deal of attention."

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

"I am a man of simple tastes, easily satisfied with the best."

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."