Genius is born-not paid

Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life.

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.