No object is so beautiful, that under certain conditions, it will not look ugly."

"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."

"Pessimist -- one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both."

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

The only thing one can do with good advice is pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.