On spinach: I dislike it, and am happy to dislike it because if I liked it I would eat it, and I cannot stand it.

Women want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist, they blame you.

I don't believe that happiness is possible, but I think tranquility is.

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.

Stupidity is an immovable object: you can't try to attack it wiithout being broken by it.

For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.