Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.