Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.

Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her something like a public building.

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.