For a woman, all resurrection, all salvation, from whatever perdition, lies in love; in fact, it is her only way to it.

A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Make us your slaves, but feed us.

When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?

The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.