I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance.

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.

To be good is to be in harmony with one's self.

I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses.