Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.

There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.