Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.
Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.
If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.