"How close the sexes sometimes come to one another. It is as much a matter of behaviour and the spere in which they move that separates the masculine part of humanity from the feminine."

"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not."

"He who would leap high must take a long run."

"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."