Expenses Quote by Patrick O'Brian

A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.

— Sophocles

“He was dreadfully short-sighted, and there was no pleasure in taking a husband who never sees anything.”

— Oscar Wilde

“One night he said abruptly: Stephen won't marry—I don't want her to marry; it would only mean disaster.' And at this Anna broke out…

— Radclyffe Hall

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in…

— Patrick Süskind

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.…

— Daphne du Maurier

What makes man most unhappy is to be deprived not of that which he had, but of that which he did not have, and…

— Jacques Maritain

He had the superficial kindness of a good-humored, self-satisfied nature, that fears no rivalry, and has encountered no contrarieties.

— George Eliot

He despised causeless affection, just as he despised unearned wealth. They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored all the…

— Ayn Rand

What he'd never understood about men in his position, in all the books he'd read and movies he'd seen about them, was clearer to…

— Jonathan Franzen

Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.

— Samuel Johnson

He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one…

— W. Somerset Maugham

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon