Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

The art of life is to show your hand.

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.

The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.

Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.

A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.