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

Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

Nothing succeeds so well as success.

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

There are many people who have the gift, or failing, of never understanding themselves. I have been unlucky enough, or perhaps fortunate enough to have received the opposite gift.