A man's own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe.

An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.

What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible.

The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.

No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.