Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.
If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.
No longer can a young woman feel at ease; for she is ever concerned with the impression that she may be making on others.
Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.
There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.