Virtue is the first title of nobility.
But it is not reason that governs love.
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.