“One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”

“The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.”

“But don't you think one can be happy when on is married?Perfectly happy. But the happiness of a married man, my dear Gerald, depends on the people he has not married.But if one is in love?One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”

“One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.”

“I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”

“One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.”

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”