Winnie the Pooh

Not even the Devil can call a woman “Slut” if he is not able to make her fall in love.

Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.

You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes … without stirring it up from the bottom. That’s where the bitter dregs are!

A sudden bold and unexpected question does many times surprise a man and lay him open.

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.