We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

And pray where in earth or heaven are there prudent marriages-Might as well talk about prudent suicides.

He can only get away from death by continually stepping within an inch of it.

The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes; the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.

It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness and fatigue; and the fact is that the real laziness is the cause of the apparent bustle.

Sticking to one woman is a small price to pay for so much as having seen one woman.