A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.

This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor. Not to cry, out of spite, only to laugh out of spite, only to laugh.

A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought to anything, and comprehend everything. 'Blessed hands' is the name bestowed on these fortunate beings. The world envies, honours and respects them.