Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.
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.
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
We are easily duped by those we love.
Time has nothing to do with the matter.