Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.
A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.
Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.
When I listen to the engine of my car, I might say it sounds fine, but it would not occur to me to say "What lovely music!