I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.
Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.