I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.