“Old people, who have felt blows and toil and known the world's hard hand, need, even more than children do, a woman's tenderness.”
“The world will always have people who have more than they'll ever need and people who need more than they'll ever have.”
“It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.”
“Little Red was a tender young morsel, and the wolf knew she would be even tastier than the old woman.”
“The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.”
“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”