My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
No dignity without distance.
When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.
The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.