Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

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Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble...

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble...

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a...

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a...

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or...

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or...

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power...

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power...

There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous...

There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous...

Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?

Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an...

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an...

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or...

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or...

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of...

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of...

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as...

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as...

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue...

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue...

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will...

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will...

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console...

I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console...