Success makes success, like money makes money.

He who leaves the game wins it.

Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness

A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.

Success makes success, like money makes money.

Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it.