People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.