Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.
In love, it is the weak who strike and the strong who caress.
There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.
A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.