How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of force!

We must understand how to hide in darkness in order to escape the gnat-swarms of utterly annoying admirers.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

There are two things a real man likes - danger and play; and he likes woman because she is the most dangerous of play things.

We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from the earliest youth; if education or chance give us no opportunity to practice these feelings, our soul becomes dry and unsuited even to understanding the tender inventions of loving people.