“To die in Paris costs a pretty penny.”

“When good Americans die, they go to Paris.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.”

Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) American artist

“I'll tell you why I like the cigarette business. … It costs a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It's addictive. And there's fantastic brand loyalty.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“Pretty words, as pretty women, wrinkle up and die.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.”

Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary

“Knowing how to die costs a lifetime.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

“All lovely things will have an ending,
All lovely things will fade and die,
And youth, that's now so bravely spending,
Will beg a penny by and by.”

Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) American novelist and poet

“We didn't die,' she said.

Of course not. I'm too clever to die, and you're too pretty.'

I am pretty,' Valkryie said, managing a grin.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

“Penny saved is a penny got.”

Henry Fielding (1707–1754) English novelist and dramatist