Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

The greatest of all sins is stupidity.

What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!

Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.