When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.Francis Bacon
We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.Anton Chekhov
I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.Anton Chekhov
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.Jane Austen
