“The unread is always better than the unreadable.”

“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.”

“Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no less then Ancient History, supplies us with many most painful examples of what I refer to. If it were not so, indeed, History would be quite unreadable.”

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”

“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”

“It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure.”

“Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.”