Life is like a box of terrible analogies.
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
A gentleman never offends unintentionally
Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.