A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
From Moliere
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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