Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

A gentleman never offends unintentionally

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.

I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays? Lips that Shakespeare taught to speak have whispered their secret in my ear. I have had the arms of Rosalind around me, and kissed Juliet on the mouth.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.