For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and sty….

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd..

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire..

There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love ….

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation..

In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never know them by hearing them spoken, but we gr….

Somehow love gives even to a dull man the knowledge of his lover's heart..

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible..

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want..

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?.

Good families are generally worse than any others..

He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them..

I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know)..