You must not judge hastily or vulgarly of Snobs: to do so shows that you are yourself a Snob.

To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.

It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between the old life and the new.

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.

When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.