Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.

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

Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.

Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.

A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.