I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.