“Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.”

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”

“Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman”

“I'm really very sorry, but it is not my fault. People are so annoying. All my pianists look exactly like poets, and all my poets look exactly like pianists”

“If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.”

“I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.”

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”