No decorationcan compare in loveliness

Character is plot, plot is character.

O you who reproach me, regarding my love, excuse me. From me to you if you do justice, you would not reproach me. My state (of love) has been expressed to you, (now) my secret is no longer concealed.

In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.

Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.

...Life is nothing but trading smells.

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.

Depending upon one another's hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind.

The public always picks quality.

A little humour is good for the soul - regardless of how old you may be.

If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me.