"Women remain children all their lives, for they always see only what is near at hand, cling to the present, take the appearance of a thing for reality, and prefer trifling matters to the most importan…"

"Human life, when viewed in its entirety, is a tragedy; but in its details it has the character of a comedy."

"Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark."

"The greatest happiness is to be born without the faculty of reason."

"The pleasure of life is fleeting; the pain of life is lasting."