According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat

Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.

Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.

Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.