Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.
We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.
The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.
Men gossip less than women, but mean it.
We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.