It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence.
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.
Tact is good taste in action.
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.
To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.