The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes.

If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

I must say... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.