Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to confront them with their own great themes.