“All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.”

“There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.”

“The day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating concerns and duties.Help us to play the man,Help us to perform them with laughter and kind faces,Let cheerfulness abound with industry.Give us to go blithely on our business all this day,Bring us to our resting beds weary and content and undishonoured,And grant us in the end the gift of sleep.”

“First people lose their hair, then their vices, then their motivation. Then a toupee brings it all flowing back.”

“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.”

“In the kitchens of love, after all, vice is like the pepper in a good sauce; it brings out the flavor, it’s indispensable.”