All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track but weak anywhere else.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Perseverance secret of all triumphs.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

All slang is metaphor and all metaphor is poetry.

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