If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!

When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.