Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men.

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

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.

Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.