A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.