Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood.
The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful.
There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]
A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.