Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes

Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love

Oh, better, no doubt, is a dinner of herbs, When seasoned by love, which no rancor disturbs, And sweetened by all that is sweetest in life, Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten with strife

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he may lose it