A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

"Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I`ll just show you this one." He showed me three.

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future. Often the pleasure is illusory, but their error in calculation is no refutation of the rule.