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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.

For the love of God, folks, don't do this at home.

For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of pleasure, assuage what I find of pain.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.

The end of culture is right living.

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up.

Money is like a sixth sense, and you can't make use of the other five without it.

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.