You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

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.

In love, it is the weak who strike and the strong who caress.

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!

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.