A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. You have a chance to select from pretty elegant furnishings.

When a man is one of a kind, he will be lonely wherever he is.

My lady had the body of a siren, the face of a goddess, and the mind of an Armenian camel dealer.

A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a gentleman where women are concerned unless the women are very, very old or very, very young. Women admire gentlemen, and sleep with cads.

To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

When I was a small boy I often went to the woods to lie on the grass in the shade. Somehow I had come to believe the earth could give me wisdom, but it did not. Yet I learned a little about animals and learned it is not always brave to make a stand. It is often foolish. There is a time for courage and a time for flight.