Happiness is always a coincidence.
I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.
To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.
Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.
You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.