Quotes from Pierre de Beaumarchais

If censorship reigns there cannot be sincere flattery, and only small men are afraid of small writings.

You went to some trouble to be born, and that's all.

Judging by the virtues expected of a servant, does your Excellency know many masters who would be worthy valets?

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.