The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

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A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade...

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion...

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at...

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at...

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others...

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others...

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what...

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.