Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his ways to man.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, depreciating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a common room.

Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.