When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

Apparently, he thought, there were people in this world who simply never came clear ... In the end you had to accept that the day would never arrive when you finally understood what they were all about. For some reason, this made him supremely happy.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right's no guarantee against misfortune.

Most people would rather get than give affection.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

When people cease to complain, they cease to think.