Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
At least it's better to be married than to be dead.
My heavens! I've been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.
Ah, there are no longer any children!