One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

There are only three things worthwhile -- fighting, drinking, and making love.

[Science] has challenged the super-eminence of religion; it has turned all philosophy out of doors except that which clings to its skirts; it has thrown contempt on all learning that does not depend on it; and it has bribed the skeptics by giving us immense material comforts.

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

The very notion of tabu is one of the rightest notions in the world. Better any old tabu than none, for a man cannot be said to be"on the side of the stars" at all, unless he makes refusals.

Frenchwomen could not dress like Englishwomen without conviction of sin.