Minna Antrim

“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.”

“Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will be open to you.”

“To a stupid girl, a clever man is a bore; to a clever girl, a stupid man is a terror.”

“Some people are so painfully good that they would rather be right than be pleasant.”

“Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.”

“A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the freedom of a girl, the sadness of a dove, and the subtlety of a serpent.”

“Doubt is the rust of faith.”

“A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.”

“A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad.”

“Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.”

“An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.”