“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.”

“No rose without a thorn.”

“He who can lick can bite.”

“The price spoils the pleasure.”

“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.”

“Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.”

“You're the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste!”

“It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.”

“Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste and amuses himself by applying it triumphantly wherever he travels.”