"Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself"

"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"

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

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

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

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"

"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"

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease"

"Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor"