When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with. I gave you eternity in a single moment, strength of the mountains in one clasp of your arms, and the volume of all the seas in one impulse of your soul.

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong.

How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' .

Most married couples spend the whole day apart, the woman in the house, the man in the office or study or workshop.