It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.