Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.'
Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.
It is always healthy to be honest.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.