Women read each other at a single glance.

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea.

It is not he who searches for praise who finds it.

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