The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.
The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
Syllables govern the world.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Men are always thinking that they are going to do something grandly wicked to their enemies; but when it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.