While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living.

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

Modern reformers offer nebulous theories or write philanthropic novels. But your thief acts! He is as clear as a fact and as logical as a punch on the nose! And what a style he has!

Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter.

Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.