Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

To obtain a woman who loves you, you must treat her as if she didn't.

Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure.

I make myself laugh at everything, so that I do not weep.

It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them.

I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know how to play; but I refuse to swallow your disrespect.