Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

If one were to live his life fully and completely were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream.

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.