To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.
Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
Satire is the disease of art.
Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.