In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

If a pretty woman only knew how anger improved her beauty! Her complexion needs no other paint than indignation.

Speak no evil of women; I tell thee the meanest of them deserves respect; for of women do we not all come?

The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox.

No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by the diamond, while metals gleam the brighter in the furnace.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.