I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.

A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause

Where there's music there can be no evil.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.