To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.
Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.
It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence.
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.
The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.
It is easier to win love than to keep it.