Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction.

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

Be yourself, because others are already taken.

Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.

Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.