To marry a fool is to be no fool.
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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.