Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.
There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.
To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.