You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for.

... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers.

I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.' That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.

What good is money if it can't buy happiness?

you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.