He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

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

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.