Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
I have the knack of easing scruples.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.