I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.