The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

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.

Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.