A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no thirdclass carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
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.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other.
The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.
Heartbreak is life educating us.