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

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

Nothing is more useful than silence.

To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.