All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

With a smile we should instruct our youth.

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.

In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

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.