Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
Everything that's prose isn't verse and everything that isn't verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!
I have the knack of easing scruples.