I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

Glory is the sunshine of the dead

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.

The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.

Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.

Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks.