Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth. There is no sense in talking about the ignorance of youth. The only ones of which I listen to opinions respectfully, now, are the ones a lot younger than me. They preceed me. Life has shown them her last secret.
It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
No man has any real success in this world unless he has got women to back him, and women rule society. If you have not got women on your side you are quite over.
Give women the right opportunities and they are capable of everything.
I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Oscar Wilde Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Duty is the most arid of all human relationships.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.