“A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.”

“The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head the...”

“A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.”

“I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.”

“I think the Moon is a world like this one, and the Earth is its moon. My friends greeted this with a burst of laughter. And maybe, I told them, someone on the Moon is even now making fun of someone...”

“I had scarcely entered the room when I saw on my table an open book I had not put there. It was the works of Cardano. I did not intend to read it, but my gaze fell as though compelled on a story to...”

“Have you ever dealt with people who have lost everything in just an hour? In the morning you leave the house where your wife, your children, your parents live. You return and you find a smoking pit...”

“Success is the best revenge.”

“Revenge sex is not something we seek, but once in your mouth it can be liberating if you just swallow.”