The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.

You told me you had destroyed it." "I was wrong. It has destroyed me.

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.