There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
Reason is not what decides love.
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.