The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They look so thoroughly unhappy.

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

Love is fed by the imagination, by which we become wiser than we know, better than we feel, nobler than we are: by which we can see life as a whole, by which and by which alone we can understand others in their real and their ideal relation. Only what is fine, and finely conceived can feed love. But anything will feed hate.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.