There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.

The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.

To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life.