 As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt. |
| One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others. |
| If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. |
| I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper. |
| Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts. |
| No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living. |
| Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive. |
| Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. |
| People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. |
| If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. |
| To marry a fool is to be no fool. |
| Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. |
| A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. |
| It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. |
| Love is often the fruit of marriage. |
| It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh. |
| All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose. |
| The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. |
| It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love. |
| True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. |
