An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart.

There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

Without big words, how could many people say small things?

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.