We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.
Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.
There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.