Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.
Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.