Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?
A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice.
Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth.
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.