The ear is the avenue to the heart.
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
Let us confess it: evil strides the world.
It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions