One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome

In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.

Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.

One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome

No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure

There are as many sorts of women as there are women.

People who do not get into scrapes are a great deal less interesting than those who do.