People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.