Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

An epithet or metaphor drawn from nature ennobles art; an epithet or metaphor drawn from art degrades nature.

Life has no pleasure higher or nobler than that of friendship.

Their origin is commonly unknown; for the practice often continues when the cause has ceased, and concerning superstitious ceremonies it is in vain to conjecture; for what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain.

Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.