The Absence Of The Beloved, Short Though

Good Heavens! For More Than Forty Years I Have Been Speaking Prose Without Knowing It.

The Most Effective Way Of Attacking Vice Is To Expose It To Public Ridicule. People Can Put Up With Rebukes But They Cannot Bear Being Laughed At: They Are Prepared To Be Wicked But They Dislike Appearing Ridiculous.

Human Weakness Is To Desire To Know What One Does Not Want To Know.

According To The Saying Of An Ancient Philosopher, One Should Eat To Live, And Not Live To Eat

I Hate All Men, The Ones Because They Are Mean And Vicious, And The Others For Being Complaisant With The Vicious Ones.