Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.

The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.

Death is an antidote for this life, and it makes another more stable form of life which is insoluble in everything.

Every April God rewrites the book of Genesis.

Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.

Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom.

After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that he has feelings.