Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.

Medicine: "Your money and your life!

There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.