War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.