The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.

Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.

The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver.