Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.

There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others.

If you have a thrust to make at your friend's expense, do it gracefully, it is all the more effective. Some one says the reproach that is delivered with hat in hand is the most telling.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.