it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.
Pedestals are always lonely.
Marriage is the cold potato of love.
The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.
Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.
Marriage is the process by which a woman deprives herself of an escort.