What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.