The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

Whether a man hides his bad qualities and vices or confesses them openly, his vanity wants to gain an advantage by it in both cases: just note how subtly he distinguishes between those he will hide his bad qualities from and those he will face honestly and candidly.

Out of love, women become entirely what it is that they are in the imaginations of the men who love them.

One must separate from anything that forces one to repeat No again and again.

One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

Triumph depends on a roll of Fate's dice; the ultimate prize is a place in Heaven.