A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been read more

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when read more

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter read more

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

A compliment is verbal sunshine

A compliment is verbal sunshine

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.