It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an attache in the diplomatic service.

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.

She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate.

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

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.

I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.