It is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.
We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.
It is easier to win love than to keep it.
To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.
The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.