Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.