“An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.”
“Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.”
“After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.”
“I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.”
“a woman's got as much right -and more cause- to get drunk than any man”
“Don't think I'm talking nonsense because I'm drunk. I'm not a bit drunk. Brandy's all very well, but I need two bottles to make me drunk.”