I believe the last one, especially, to be very true!

"Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose."
-- Evan Esar

"She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table."
-- Henry James

"I no longer prepare food or drink with more than one ingredient."
-- Cyra McFadden

"A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat."
-- Katharine Whitehorn