Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.

Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.

Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy Saints.

An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.

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.