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What men see in women or women in men to admire is generally a puzzle to those who know the men and women in question intimately.

The only compliment which a woman really dislikes is that which is paid to another.

Things have changed since Shakespeare’s time: men’s evil deeds we write in sympathetic ink; their virtues on marble tombstones.

Our own weaknesses we regard as misfortunes from which we cannot escape; the weaknesses of others we consider crimes.

No matter how well we do, we are sure to be anxious to impress upon others that what we have achieved is trifling—compared with that of which we are capable.

A woman is not a woman merely by reason of her sex, any more than an angel is of necessity an angel of light.

We are quite able, while hating sin, to pity and be charitable to the sinner—when we happen to be the sinner concerned.

The commonly accepted idea that a woman of beauty is of necessity lacking in mental qualities, must have originated in the head of some woman who possessed neither.

The Devil is not as black as he is painted. In fact, he is more like us than we care to admit.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; and as it is more blessed to give than to receive, we prefer to do the wounding.

The naked truth and a naked lie

Are shocking alike to society.

A man often envies another man his physical qualities—rarely his mental. As we have no soul mirror we cannot see the reflection of our spiritual deformities.

It is easy to have conscientious scruples when they are profitable.

The man who marries for money is a fool, but rarely as big a fool as he who marries for love.

When you have done a man a favor do not insist too earnestly that it is a mere trifle, or he may take you at your word and not trouble to repay it; which would be very disappointing.

The gentle art of making enemies is the one natural accomplishment which is common to all sorts and conditions of men—and women.

What we think of ourselves combined with what others think of us is a very fair estimate.

If a girl cannot make up her mind between two men it is because she has no mind worth making up.

Besides, any man who will knowingly be one of two is not worth the trouble of thinking about.