Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.