First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.