When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.
Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.