Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends..

Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she m….

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field..

I have always found that each step we take in life is to be regretted - if we once begin to wonder how many other steps might have been possible..

A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife and friends; he has to devote it wholly to his enemies..

All forced virtue is degrading in it effect..

A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed..

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!.

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets..

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination..

When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then..

Men are all the same. They always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got..

Talking to you is only thinking to myself - made easier..

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew..

Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature..

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal..

All is vanity, and discovering it - the greatest vanity..

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight..

There is no misery quite so wearing as the misery of a false position. It seems to slay the body and the soul..

Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death..

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we ….