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.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

The best revenge is to live well.

I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.

How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil? A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

Every prison that men build Is built with bricks of shame, And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.