ILLUSTRATIONS

[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]

TATLINGS