What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

Taste is something quite different from fashion, superior to fashion.

There is a skeleton in every house.