“To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.”

“There's an unwritten law of the universe which assures that the thing you seek will always be found in the last place you look. It applies to everything in life from lost socks to misplaced poisons. . .”

“Simple pleasures are best.”

“The very best people are like that. They don't entangle you like flypaper.”

“As Daffy once said, the best place to hide a glum countenance is onstage at the opera.”

“…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.”

“...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities.”