The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.

When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think you’re down and out. It may be a stroke of luck, and when you look back years later you may say to yourself that you wouldn’t for anything in the world exchange the new life disaster has forced upon you for the dull, humdrum existence you would have led if circumstances hadn’t intervened.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.