"I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is"

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Business is the salt of life"

"As soon as there is life there is danger"

"Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked"

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else"