The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself.
Without big words, how could many people say small things?
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.