Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.