Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.