| Frontispiece | | Most women if they had to choose would ask for a clear complexion in preference to a clear conscience | page 29 | | Men do not try to escape temptations; their only fear is that some temptation should escape them | pages 46-7 | | You can never forget a sin you have confessed | page 63 | | Most women live for the present, and the handsomer the present the better they live | page 71 | | Men always say that they loathe being flattered, but don’t take any notice—no man has ever known that he was flattered | page 74 | | Letters that should never have been written and ought immediately to be destroyed are the only ones worth keeping | page 78 | | The husband who counts is the one who has something to count | page 83 | | When you see an old man alone you are looking at something very sad. When you see an old man with a young woman you are looking at something rich | page 92 | | What a woman wears reveals more than she says | page 99 | |
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