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

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

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

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 appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

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

I sometimes refer to economics as a woman. To me the subject was always a she. People would ask me why. Easy. She's obviously a woman: all the men are trying to do her, and mostly they're failing.

[S]hame is a child of custom rather than of nature.

I found a way to see in the dark. Close your eyes.

Love is often a fruit of marriage.

Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve.

Why we are here is an impenetrable question.

You can't make radical changes in the pattern of your life until you see yourself exactly as you are now. As soon as you do that changes will flow naturally.

We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.

The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.

Customers buy 1/4 holes, not 1/4 bits.