Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.

Marriage is a fight to the death. Before contracting it, the two parties concerned implore the benediction of Heaven because to promise to love each other forever is the rashest of enterprises.

Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.