Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.
Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.
You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.