Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

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

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

Love is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance.