Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.

The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.