Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
