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.
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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.
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.