“Vain men never hear anything but praise.”

“Conceited people never hear anything but praise.”

“But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.”

“To vain men, other people are admirers.”

“Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me...”

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”

“Grown ups never understood anything by themselves. And it is rather tedious to have to explain things to them time and again”