There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink

The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world.

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

Some day the laws of glamour must be discovered, because they are so important that the world would be wiser now if Sir Isaac Newton had been hit on the head, not by an apple, but by a young lady.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all the dead that are alive enough to be remembered, and yet almost never does any harm until some defender makes a controversy. Gossip's a nasty thing, but it's sickly, and if people of good intentions will let it entirely alone, it will die, ninety-nine times out of a hundred.

Christmas day is the children's, but the holidays are youth's dancing-time.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.