Women and elephants never forget an injury.

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.

I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word.

Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.

Once a female, always a female. Nature is not always infallible but she always abides by her mistakes.

People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.