Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.

When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.

All is vanity, and discovering it - the greatest vanity.

Conscience is the name which the orthodox give to their prejudices.

There is no misery quite so wearing as the misery of a false position. It seems to slay the body and the soul.

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.