The poor are the blacks of Europe.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.

Conviction is the conscience of intellect.

Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.