Nature is just a picture, and the most irritating of all that I know.
There is something tragic about the fact that in England today there are a great number of young people who begin life with wonderful intentions and end it by engaging in some useful activity.
"There is a saying that after death good Americans are sent to Paris." - "And the bad ones?" - "In America."
The thirst for knowledge is the fruit of long years of study.
Marriage affects man as much as countries, but it costs much more.
Femininity is the quality I admire most in women.
You can't disarm women with a compliment. On men, yes. That is the difference.
The woman is like a sphinx without secrets.
The woman will flirt with anyone, just to be looked at by someone at this time.
A woman can make a man godly in only one way: by boring him so much that he loses all interest in life.
The woman first rejects the man, and then she won't let him go.
The woman thinks about nothing or thinks about something else entirely.
A woman should never be too exact about her age. This brings pedantry.
You can always trust a woman because she doesn't remember anything important.
Women are the decorative sex. They have nothing to say, but everything they say is charming.
Women love us for our flaws. If the faults are many, they are ready to forgive us everything, even if we are sane.
Women are in a much more advantageous position than men: there are more restrictions for them.
Women usually hold all the trump cards, but they always lose the last hand.
Women give men the most precious thing in life. But I always ask for it back, down to a penny.
Women treat us, men, like humanity treats its deities: they worship us and bore us by constantly asking us for something.
Women have become so educated that nothing surprises them anymore - except a happy marriage.
Life is only a quarter of an hour made up of miraculous seconds.
Life is the rarest thing on earth. Most people are only aware of its existence.
Life is the best theater, but, unfortunately, the repertoire is a little bad.
Life offers man, at best, a unique, unrepeatable moment, and the secret of happiness lies in repeating that moment as often as possible.
Life is too important a thing to talk about seriously.
Life is never fair. For most of us, maybe that's better.
Life imitates Art more than Art imitates Life.
Journalism is a form of organized slander.
By legislation men cannot be directed to virtue, and that is a good thing.