Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)

We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love.