Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
People are either charming or tedious.
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.