All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they're less than women.
I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.