It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.
A woman is always buying something.
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
I see and approve better things, but follow worse.
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.