The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!