In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.