Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.
Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.
If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me.
War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.