Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.