You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Time is a waste of money.