... if a man really and truly believed that black was white, you might advise him to see an oculist, but you mustn't call him a liar.

When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.

as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.

I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.