"When you stab a man, you stab him once; when you stab a woman, you stab her a thousand times."

"Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words: Wait and hope."

"One day, when I am old, I shall sit by the fire and remember that I have been happy."

"There are two conditions necessary for happiness: a good heart and a good stomach."

"I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest."