The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.