Hearts live by being wounded.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.