“ Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. ”

“ Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. ”

“ In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ”

“ Business is a combination of war and sport. ”

“ Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. ”

“ A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. ”

“ A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. ”

“ A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. ”

“ People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. ”

“ There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison. ”