Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret striving of a generous nature; whilst, on the other hand, the ill-natured get credit for all the evil they refrain from.

In Paris every man must have had a love affair. What woman wants something that no other woman ever wanted.

The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

Six weeks with a fever is an eternity.

Women themselves are so happy, and so beautiful, when they're strong, that they naturally choose powerful men, even if that power's so enermous there's a real risk it could shatter them.