Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord.

Men are always thinking that they are going to do something grandly wicked to their enemies; but when it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection. A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation of it better than the real thing, as every nurse knows.

A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.