If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.
It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
Never bring a cannon on stage in Act I unless you intend to fire it by the last act.