Women are angry if other women think too little of their lovers, and furious if they think too much.
— Minna Antrim
Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.
A kiss is the outward visible sign of an inward fever.
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
The man who holds the key to a woman's heart should make certain the old ones are destroyed.
Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.
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.
Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
Lovers should never be without the oil of forbearance.
She who boasts of lovers soon has none.
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.
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.
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
