People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.

I am one of the unpraised, unrewarded millions without whom Statistics would be a bankrupt science. It is we who are born, who marry, who die, in constant ratios.

Youth is the time for adventures of the body, but age for the triumphs of the mind.

Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world.

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

I like to walk down Bond Street, thinking of all the things I don't desire.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.