(Babe) Paley’s Law
Barbara 'Babe' Paley
You can never be too skinny or too rich.
(Eleanor) Roosevelt’s Second Law
Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
(Jack) Weinberg’s Credo
Jack Weinberg
Don’t trust anybody over thirty.
(Theodore) Bernstein’s Second Law
Theodore Bernstein
Bad words tend to drive out good ones and when they do the good ones never appreciate in value sometimes maintain their value but most often lose in value whereas the bad words may remain bad or get better.
Behn’s Law
Aphra Behn
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Brecht’s Law
Bertolt Brecht
Eats first, morals after.
Campbell’s Law
Patrick Campbell
It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you don’t do it in public and frighten the horses.
Camus’s Regretful Conclusion
Albert Camus
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his own face.
Delmas’s Unwritten Law
Delphin Delmas
The right of any red-blooded male to kill anyone who fools around with his wife, daughter, mistress or other female near and dear, and then to escape punishment by pleading temporary insanity - a right rarely extended to women in analogous circumstances.
Duke of Windsor’s Rules
Duke of Windsor
Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to rest your feet.
