If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.

Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.

One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they would perhaps have remained mere imbeciles.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.