Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

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

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.