For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.

In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

One swallow alone does not make a summer.

Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.