I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.