Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.

The mind longs for what it has missed.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.

The world wants to be deceived.

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.