a lady could do, so I was told, just about nothing that she might want to do except attend all parties..

[On her morphine addiction:] I was meant to 'taper off.' At times I felt such pains as must afflict a creature while a bigger beast eats and claws at….

The one continuing problem in my life has always had the shape of just one question: What amusing thing can I do next?.

It seems to me that even the least of the human race is touched with genius when mad with love..

Money and electricity are much alike. Both are stored energy. Living amidst electricity, using it constantly, you take its presence and its utility f….

Power is a test - the test - of character..

Confidence, to my way of thinking, generally is all the magic needed to work miracles..

I was becoming more cunning than an animal in hiding my supply of morphine. A squirrel saving nuts is limited by its undeveloped imagination ... but ….

It does not matter how other people treat you. That is their lookout. The only real thing is how you treat them. Give love out, but do not worry and ….