She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Lord AUGUSTUS:(looking around) Time to educate yourself, I suppose.
DUMBY: No, time to forget all I have learned. That is much more important.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.