As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.