I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James [Rothschild], and one for you, Lionel [Rothschild]. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him.

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.