“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.”

“A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”

“Duty is what one expects from others.”

“Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things.That is exactly what things were originally made for.”

“To influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.”

“There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.”

“Time is a waste of money.”