Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name.
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.