The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.

Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

Let a man who wants to find abundance of employment procure a woman and a ship: for no two things do produce more trouble if you begin to equip them; neither are these two things ever equipped enough.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

In everything the middle road is best.