Man can love his fellow man to the point of dying for him; but he does not love him so much that he works in his favor.
Men value you according to your usefulness, without taking into account your value.
Honoré de Balzac
A woman's friendship with a man is a dead end, into which deception in love has pushed her.
Charles Dickens
Marriage is like reaching into a bag of snakes in the hope of catching an eel.
Leonardo da Vinci
Don't wait for me to leave to realize that you adore me
Pitty
He gave man language, and language created thought, / Which is the measure of the Universe.
Percy Bysshe Shelley