It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.
There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.
Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.
Ah, lady, when I gave my heart to thee, It passed into thy lifelong regency.
It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.