“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“Man is only great when he acts from passion.”
“Every woman should marry ... and no man.”
“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.”
“Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours”
“It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.”