When men ask me how I know so much about men, they get a simple answer: everything I know about men, I learned from me.

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

If you fear loneliness, then don't get married.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.

When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you'll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don't shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind.

A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.