“He who is too well off is always longing for something new.”
“For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.”
“It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.”
“Something always brings be back to you, it never takes too long”
“London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.”
“ ... as long as American life was something to be escaped from, the cartel would always be assured a bottomless pool of new customers.”