If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life
Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat - seamy on both sides.