The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.

The great trick with a woman is to get rid of her while she think's she's rid of you.

I have never fought in such a way as to say: I am the true Christian, others are not Christians.

Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . . . what he learns and the way he understands it.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love