And why do so many people wilfully exhaust their strength in promiscuous living, when their wives are on hand from bridal night till old age - to be taken when required, like fish from a private pond.

Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.

Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.

If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.

To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.

No longer can a young woman feel at ease; for she is ever concerned with the impression that she may be making on others.

There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.