Are not poets men who fulfill their hopes prematurely?

Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.

People who climb from one rung of society to another can never do anything simply.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pigmy hatreds.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness.