Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.

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.

Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.

Time has nothing to do with the matter.

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

We die only once, and for such a long time.

Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.