“Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realising it
“Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of
“There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground
“A man must pay the fiddler, in my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized
“America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks
“Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done
“The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul
“Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art
“Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?