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.

A woman never sees what we do for her, she only sees what we don't do.

It is very hard to be in love with someone who no longer loves you, but it is far worse to be loved by someone with whom you are no longer in love.

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.

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.

One of the most obvious results of having a baby around the house is to turn two good people into complete idiots who probably wouldn't have been much worse than mere imbeciles without it.