Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris

Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.

The gods favor the bold.

I cannot keep track of all the vagaries of fashion, Every day, so it seems, brings in a different style.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.