In all correspondence, it would be more convenient to use the word "Persia" instead of "Iran," as otherwise dangerous mistakes may easily occur through the similarity of Iran and Iraq....Formal correspondence with the Persian Government should of course be conducted in the form they like.

Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned. May not one lost soul be permitted to abstain?

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

The business man - a man to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.