A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

A person loves to talk about his illnesses although that is the least interesting part of his life.

The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.

Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.

And it is the way with us that you may express disapproval of the sun or the moon, or anything you like, but God preserve you from touching the Liberals! Heaven forbid!