Marriage, unlike a fever, begins with warmth and ends with cold.
Nothing ages us faster than constantly thinking about getting old.
Grant your spirit the habit of doubt, and your heart the habit of tolerance.
Don't let yourself be influenced, don't give any opinion as your own before seeing if it suits you, better form your own opinion.
Everyone admits that the obscene stories one writes oneself are far from having as dangerous an effect as those written by others.
It is impossible to cross a crowd with the flame of truth without burning someone's beard.
Nothing reveals men's character better than a joke taken in the wrong way.
Trying to change a man's character is like trying to teach a sheep to pull a cart.