No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.

It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.

Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.