Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.
There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.
Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.
It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.
Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.
There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.