Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.