Marriage marks the end of many short follies - being one long stupidity.

The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned.

I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.

In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him.

Whatever may be your desire to accomplish great deeds, the deep silence of pregnancy never comes to you! The event of the day sweeps you along like straws before the wind whilst ye lie under the illusion that ye are chasing the event,-poor fellows! If a man wishes to act the hero on the stage he must not think of forming part of the chorus; he should not even know how the chorus is made up.

Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.

The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions.