Nothing shows the kind of fool you are as quick as your tongue.

In a man they forgive anything. In a woman nothing.

What puppets we humans are - what puppets! Born without permission, dying when it is neither pleasant nor convenient, we are made to march or crawl through life on the edge of a precipice from which at any moment we may be knocked over. And we're told we should believe the experience is a privilege!

A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

It isn't bad judgment to make a man believe he is something. He is by nature inclined to it, and a little encouragement is good for most people.

A man may be made in one generation, but a lady never!