Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly.

As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.