The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.