Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.

Be just before you are generous.

She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.

Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.

I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me

Never say more than is necessary.