I would have grown up to be a gentleman adventurer if I were more of a gentleman.

... fantasy is not practice for what is real—fantasy is the opiate of women.

No kind of social system can make you more happier and secure than your own money.

No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.

If you think rightly, every problem is financial problem or eventually becomes one.

Just bring your wits. Sometimes that's the most effective weapon any of us has.

If you've brains it's better than beauty - brains last, beauty doesn't.

I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade.

The primary feature of women is not a 'beauty', it's a 'mystery'.

There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

Someone once told me that we move when it becomes less painful than staying where we are".