There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.

When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

All women are good - good for nothing, or good for something.

One swallow alone does not make a summer.

Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.