The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.