You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant; I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.

The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.

I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.