Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you.

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.

A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.