I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.