A woman, even a prude, is not long at a loss, however dire her plight. She would seen always to have in hand the fig leaf our Mother Eve bequeathed to her.

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

Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.

Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.

To get a traveling salesman drunk is the height of impossibility.

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.