Oliver Herford

"There is no time like the pleasant."

"Many are called but few get up."

"Diplomacy: Lying in state."

"My wife has a whim of iron."

"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's—she changes it oftener."

"Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a person of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment recall."

"Only the young die good."

"Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure."

"I don't recall your name, but your manners are familiar."

"Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it."

"Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families."

"Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings."

"A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well."

"Age, like distance, lends a double charm."