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.

A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.

In life there are no Unities, but three Incomprehensibles: Destiny, Man, and Woman.

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

Men are all the same. They always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

To love is to know the sacrifices which eternity exacts from life.