Money goes where money is, money yearns where money is.

Love is feared: it dissolves society, it's unpopular, and it's very rare.

A single girl must lead a double life don't you think?

Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining.

I do not want to go to heaven; I want my children, forever children, and other children, stalwart adults, and a good happy wife, that is all I ask, but not paradise; earth is good enough for me: it is because I believe earth is heaven, Naden, that I can overcome all my troubles and face down my enemies.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat of his is growing up, and I certainly licked the hide off her; and she's seen marriage at its worst, and now she's dreaming about 'supermen' and 'great men'. What is the good of doing anything for them?