My way of joking is to tell the truth

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

For nearly twenty years I have been a published author... But I have never yet seen a book of mine offered for sale in a shop window.

Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.