Sunrise is the light of the living; sunset is the light of the dead.
The lips of a lover are often silent, leaving the eyes masters of language. In loving, the eyes have eloquent arguments.
A woman’s real opinion and advice is seldom given; when it is, he who receives it, shows his folly if he does not follow it.
If misfortune overtake you, meet it with one of these two courses of reasoning: «It was not my fault, therefore I have no cause for self-reproach,» or «It was my fault, I must consequently endure it.» In either case accept it philosophically.
This is a time honored Spanish saying, «An honest maid should stay quietly at home, as if one leg were broken.»
A hen or a woman are lost by rambling.