Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.