The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.
The only thing I can't resist is temptation.
The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.
A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.