The moon in her chariot of pearl
I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.
She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.
All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.
It is curious how vanity helps the successful man and wrecks the failure.
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.