Early riser
To be one, a sign of good morals. If one goes to bed at four in the morning and rises at eight, one is lazy; but if one goes to bed at nine in the evening and gets up the next day at five, one is a hardy type.
Letter E
Embrace
"Kiss" is more decent. A kiss is "gently stolen"; also "bestowed"—upon the damsel's brow, the mother's cheek, the pretty woman's hand, the child's neck and the mistress's lips.
More from Letter E
Earth
Refer to its four corners since it is round.
Echo
Mention the one in the Pantheon and the one under the bridge at Neuilly.
Eclecticism
Thunder against as being an immoral philosophy.
Egg
Starting point for a philosophic lecture on the origin of life.
Elephants
Have remarkable memories; worship the sun.