At twenty, men love woman; at thirty, a woman; and at forty, women.

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

Gossip is the social mosquito.

it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.

Marriage is the process by which a woman deprives herself of an escort.

For the size of it, a check book is about the greatest convenience I know of.