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

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

Business is a combination of war and sport.