Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.

Several sorts of memory exist in us; body and mind each possesses one peculiar to itself. Nostalgia, for instance, is a malady of the physical memory.

Man can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.

In all lands, sailors form a race apart. They profess a congenital contempt for landlubbers. As for the tradesman, he understands nothing of sailors nor cares a fig about them. He is content to rob them if he can.

The most virtuous women have within them something that is never chaste.

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.