A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood

Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them

Birth is nothing where virtue is not

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired

Books and marriage go ill together

The beautiful eyes of my cash-box.