We die only once, and for such a long time.
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.
In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.