The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

A man who loses his money gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.