"Women lie about their age; men lie about their income"

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings"

"Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked"

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve"

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely"

"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed"

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth"

"A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on"