It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting

I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris" "Where do bad Americans go?" "They stay in America

Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.

Some people always know the price, but not the value

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.