The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women… merely adored.
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.
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.
The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling I have always cultivated.[The Remarkable Rocket]
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
The only artists I have ever known, who are personally delightful, are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.
The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
