It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.

Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.