"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye."

"If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength."

"The art of living is discovering that the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity."

"Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?"

"The tapestry of existence shows us that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."