“The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.”

“The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living as seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.”

“Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.”

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”

Life is not meant to be easy, my child, But take courage, It can be delightful.”

 Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”