The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them. |
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. |
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. |
The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there. |
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. |
The real Amphitryon is the Amphitryon who gives dinners. |
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. |
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair. |
There are fagots and fagots. |
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket. |
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice |
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting |
There's nothing like tobacco; it is the passion of all decent men-a man who lives without tobacco does not deserve to live. |
Things only have the value that we give them |
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to. |