r such a mark of
inferiority, as unwillingness to learn.

67

He who grows indignant when his veracity is questioned
generally has good and sufficient reason therefor.

68

Our joys are mainly those of prospect and retrospect.

69

It is not to be expected that the average man should know
what a real woman is like--he so rarely sees one.

70

The Chinese promise and never intend to perform; we promise
and do intend to perform.

The result is about the same.

71

Woman regards the criticizing of her sex as her own
prerogative, and criticizes more bitterly than any man would
think of doing; but she resents any criticism, no matter how
just, from man.

72

Lambs, it is true, gambol, but in due time they all get
fleeced.

73

What we need is some philosopher to tell us how to be happy
when we have every reason for being unhappy.

74

The most striking trait of the average man is unwillingness
to be convinced--that we are right and he is wrong.

75

If man were so constituted that he could pat himself on the
back gracefully, or kick himself effectively, he would spend
most of his spare time doing one or the other.

76

Most of us live as if we expected to be judged from our
epitaph rather than from our conduct.

77

The world is a paradise for fools, a purgatory or worse for
others.

78

When we have the capacity of enjoying we have not the reason
for enjoyment; when we do have good and sufficient grounds
we no longer have the capacity.

79

To be happy, give; to be successful, take; to be happy and
successful, give and take.

80

What a woman admires in a man depends on whether she is
married or single.

81

Confidence given is usually confidence misplaced.

82

Women admire the gilded youth because he is a golden calf.

83

Even those who do not repeat scandal are generally willing
to listen to it. Talk of the virtues of another, and, as a
rule, your hearers will get bored; only hint that you could
a tale unfold and you will secure perfect attention.

84

We forget that once upon a time we were little children; but
the unpleasant fact that we are big children is being
constantly forced upon us, together with the moral certainty
that we shall never be anything else.

85

A man considers his little weaknesses amiable traits;
a woman--a woman will not admit that she has a weakness.

86

God's call, through the still s