“Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.”

“Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.”

“A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.”

“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”

“For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.”

“Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.”

“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”

“You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”