He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them?

The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

When the heart dares to speak, it needs no preparation.