If a man hears much that a woman says, she is not beautiful.
When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.
Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust.
An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were.