I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

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

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.

A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.