At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
No man's credit is ever as good as his money.
It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.