Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness.

The more it changes, the more it's the same thing.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

A woman who writes commits two sins; she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.