Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

Love is not always blind and there are few things that cause greater wretchedness than to love with all your heart someone who you know is unworthy of love.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.

Clearly much that seemed valid seemed so only because he had been taught it from earliest youth.