So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never worry about my neighbor, I never try to protect society which does not protect me -- indeed, I might add, which generally takes no heed of me except to do me harm -- and, since I hold them low in my esteem and remain neutral towards them, I believe that society and my neighbor are in my debt.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo