1. “We are almost always the craftsman of our own unhappiness.”
2. “No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.”
3. “Business is a combination of war and sport.”
4. “We accept frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.”
5. “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”
6. “Lost illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.”
7. “A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.”
8. “Without a family man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
9. “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”
10. “To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.”
11. “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”
12. “The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.”
13. “A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”
14. “Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.”
15. “The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.”
