The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.

It is said that friendship between women is only a suspension of hostilities.

Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.

Women read each other at a single glance.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.