Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.