If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.