A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state.
He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.
Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
The thing I fear most is fear.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: Because it was he, because it was I.