Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.

I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can.

What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love" come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.