Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.
The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship; and it is by far the best ending for one.
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.
The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
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