[Money] is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man, nothing but instant flight could save him.

It does the heart good to look at you.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.