Like a bird, when his cage is opened, stays on his perch, dazzled by freedom, the postponed traveler does not see that his cage, with its bars of anx….

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her..

A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected..

People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent..

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

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand..

Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test..

It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently....

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work..

Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved; when she is absent she become one o….

Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein..

Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, ….

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by..

Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expecta….

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life..

One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them..

Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquili….

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

To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a fo….

Old age diminishes our strength; it takes away our pleasures one after the other; it withers the soul as well as the body; it renders adventure and f….

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions..