You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.
It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.
an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.
Everything comes to the man who won't wait.
Thou canst not serve both cod and salmon.