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.

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.

Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.

Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

She is laughing up her sleeve at you.

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.