There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

世界上只有一件比被人谈论更糟糕的事，那就是没人谈论你。

Thirty five is a very attractive age; London society is full of women who have of their own free choice remained thirty-five for years.

三十五岁是一个非常有吸引力的年龄；伦敦社交圈内满是这样好多年一直保持三十五岁的女人，她们可以自由地挑来选去。

This suspense¹ is terrible. I hope it will last.

悬念是可怕的。我希望它一直延续下去。

Time is a waste of money.

时间是一种对金钱的浪费。

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

失去一个父母可以看成是一种不幸；失去双亲看上去就像是一种粗心了。

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

爱自己就是开始一场延续一生的罗曼史。

True friends stab you in the front.

当面扎刀的是真朋友。

When good Americans die they go to Paris. When bad Americans die they go to America.

当美国的好人死了，他们就去巴黎。当美国的坏蛋死了，他们就去美国。

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

所有糟糕的诗歌都源于真情实感。

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life. Now that I am old, I know it is.

当我年轻时，我以为金钱是人生中最重要的东西。现在我老了，我知道这是真的。

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

当天神想要惩罚我们，他们就答应我们的祈祷。

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

每当人们赞同我时，我总希望自己一定是错了。

Women are never disarmed² by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

恭维话从来没有让女人缴械，但可以让男人缴械。这就是性别差异。

Women have a much better time than men in this world. There are far more things forbidden to them.

女人在世上的日子要比男人好过得多。她们有太多禁忌。

Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them women will forgive them everything, even their gigantic intellects.

女人因为男人的缺点而爱男人；如果男人的缺点足够多，女人什么事都可以原谅他们，哪怕是他们的智力。

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

女人代表着物质战胜了理智，正如男人代表着理智战胜了道德。

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

年轻人想要有信仰，但他们却没有；老年人不想要有信仰，但却办不到。