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.

Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.