Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.