A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
Minna Antrim

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Minna Antrim

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
Minna Antrim

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Minna Antrim

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
Minna Antrim

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
Minna Antrim

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.
Minna Antrim

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Minna Antrim

Man proposes, woman forecloses.
Minna Antrim

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
Minna Antrim


That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.
Minna Antrim

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
Minna Antrim

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
Minna Antrim

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.
Minna Antrim

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

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
Minna Antrim

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.
Minna Antrim

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Minna Antrim