Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope

unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

Too great haste leads us to error.

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.