 There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. |
| Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. |
| We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. |
| What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. |
| Only the shallow know themselves. |
| Alas, I am dying beyond my means. |
| The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. |
| I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. |
| Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. |
| I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. |
| Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. |
| Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. |
| Women are made to be loved, not understood. |
| Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. |
| There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. |
| Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. |
| When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. |
| The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. |
| I am not young enough to know everything. |
| One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. |
