A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

A kiss is the outward visible sign of an inward fever.

Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.

Lovers should never be without the oil of forbearance.

She who boasts of lovers soon has none.

The man who holds the key to a woman's heart should make certain the old ones are destroyed.

Women are angry if other women think too little of their lovers, and furious if they think too much.

Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.

A beautiful woman delights the eye a wise woman the understanding a pure one the soul.

Enthusiasms like stimulants are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

Experience is a good teacher but she sends in terrific bills.

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion the other by it.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.