What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one is speaking the truth because one says what one thinks.

I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

Look after your wife; never mind yourself--she'll look after you.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so

The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.