Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.