Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.

Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.