Epigrams

"There is only one thing inthe world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about" (Chapter 1).

"She is a peacock in everything but beauty" (Chapter 1).

"The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties" (Chapter 1).

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the sense but the soul." (Chapter 2).

"Nowadays people know the price of everything but the value of nothing" (Chapter 4).

"All crime is vulgar, just as all vulgarity is crime. (Chapter 19).

"Books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame" (Chapter 19).