Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today?
Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.