She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

If a woman wants to hold a man she has merely to appeal to what is worst in him.

Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice: 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.