The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

Long is the road from conception to completion.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.

You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.

There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.