Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.