The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.

Woman has this in common with angels, that suffering beings belong especially to her.