The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.

I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.

At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.