“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”
Work“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.”
Science“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”
Work“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”
Imagination“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”
Life“The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”
Life“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”
Art“All art is quite useless.”
Art“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”
Art“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Love“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Good“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”
Life“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.”
Life“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
Work“There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.”
Marriage“In married life three is company and two none.”
Life“True friends stab you in the front.”
Friendship“In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.”
Good“Biography lends to death a new terror.”
Death“No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.”
Age“If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.”
Society“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
Forgiveness