A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.

Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity, correctness. The greatest writer of all times. God's most astonishing creation.

I will say with Lorenzo de Medici that those who do not hope for another life are always dead to this one.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.

To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting

Giving is the business of the rich.