The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone had licked it.

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.