Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish good sense.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.