Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.
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Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.
Three autographs always inspire complete confidence, even in money-lenders.
I should fancy the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.
To pose as a champion of purity, as it is termed, is, in the present condition of the British public, the surest mode of becoming for the nonce a heroic figure.
To many, no doubt, he will seem to be somewhat blatant and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply British.