Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.
Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
He only who gave life has a power over it.
Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
Rakes are more suspicious than honest men.