Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection.

Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid person.

Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness.

He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards.