Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Matrimonially speaking, a bridle for the tongue is better than a rein for the heart.
To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.