When a man marries his mistress, he creates a job vacancy.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren’t.

Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so.

You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty.

If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he’s serious, they look for a joke.

Look after your wife; never mind yourself – she’ll look after you.

The best way to turn a woman’s head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.

One says that money doesn’t buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.

Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume.

I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.