Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.
Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.
Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.
As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.