A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace.

serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.

He who does not move with the times is a dead man

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.

in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude.