All art is quite useless.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.
The greatest of all sins is stupidity.
To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.