A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.

I must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Taking all the round of professions and occupations, you will find that every man is the worse for being poor; and the doctor is a specially dangerous man when poor.

If you would stick to the concrete, and put your discoveries in the form of entertaining anecdotes about your adventures with women, your conversation would be easier to follow.

I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one.