We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough.

Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.