I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me.

Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord.

If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.

Nothing remains beautiful and interesting except thought, because the thought is the life.

When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That's why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since.