An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.

It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.

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

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.