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No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
