A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within.
A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.
The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
Men are less forgiving than women.
Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.