Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.
The great events of the world take place in the brain.
Philosophy is like a normal personal organizer, but it's smaller than a matchbox.
History is a lie commonly agreed upon.
Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay.
Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.