Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.

You can never know enough about your characters

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

It takes two to make a love affair and a mans meat is too often a woman's poison.

They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.

Nothing more predisposes someone in our favour than to let him rob you a little.