The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.

Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions.

Why are women so fond of raking up the past? They're as bad as tailors, who invariably remember what you owe them for a suit long after you've ceased to wear it.

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it.