The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.

The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.

Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.

Help others solve their problems; standing farther away, you can often see matters more clearly than they do. . . The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him or her help themselves.

Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.