“Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.”

“Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.”

“Oh my son, so poor in doing the right things, so rich in doing the wrong things! What great poverty it is to be so rich!”

“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.”

“Spending a minute of your time worrying about what people think of you is a waste,it really doesn't matter what they think.”

“No matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.”