The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policemen can see them.

I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.

I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much

I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.