Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous.

Let us be servants in order to be leaders.

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.

Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure them with the reward of heaven and eternity.

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists classification.

Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.