Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place.

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is "misunderstood" or that he is "different;" none of this is necessarily complimentary, but it will flatter him infinitely more than merely telling him that he is brilliant, or noble, or wise, or good.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

It's easier to hide your light under a bushel than to keep your shady side dark.

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.

An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.