Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner
No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
What nonsense people talk about happy marriages! A man can be happy with any woman so long as he doesn't love her
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact
If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produced a false impression.
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.