"The world, sir, is a great book, of which we have only read a few pages."

"The part of the lover is to give, and the part of the beloved is to receive."

"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."

"We are easily duped by what we love."

"All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders, have happened only because of a simple lack of logic…"