The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

Some men act upon women like champagne; when they appear the women are sparkling and full of brilliance; when they leave the fair ones grow flat, stale, and most unprofitable companions.

The bride and groom-May their joys be as bright as the morning, and their sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love.

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.