In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.