Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

What the father kept silent the son speaks out.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.