Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

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.

Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.