To take the world as one finds it
Every person has some splendid traits and if we confine our contacts so as to bring those traits into action, there is no need of ever being bored or irritated or indignant.
The old say, "I remember when." The young say, "What's the news?"
Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.
Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat.
Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.