"Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything"

"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her"

"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth"

"Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing"

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"

"If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!"

"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles"

"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"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"To the wicked, everything serves as pretext"