But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.

Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.

Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.