Calumny hurts three persons, him who utters it, him who hears it, and him of whom it is spoken, but the last, happily, not always, or not for a long time.
If any one does or says a thing which you condemn, show your disapproval at once, for it is better to turn pale once, than to blush twice. And if the offender is an intimate acquaintance, speak plainly, for between friends straight accounts are desirable.
Of all sins men commit, none is blacker than ingratitude.
In taking, there can be no mistake, therefore take a moral rap when necessary.
There are women more fortunate and less constant, than some of their admirers would like them to be.
Be cautious of so called friends. If all is happiness around you, you will have them by hundreds, but when fortune deserts you, they will make off with the roses, leaving you only the thorns.