41
If women knew themselves as well as they know men--and if
men knew women as well as they know themselves--things would
be very much as they are.
42
Before he knows a woman a man often thinks her an angel;
when he knows her he knows--er--better.
43
A critic is one who knows perfectly well how a thing should
be done, but is unable to do it. Therefore we are all the
keenest critics in matters of which we know least.
44
From all enemies and most friends, good Lord, deliver us!
45
Everything comes to the man who waits
but that is no inducement to wait-- for no man wants
everything.
He usually wants one thing in particular-- just that one
which he never gets, no matter how long he waits.
46
When a man has drained the dregs of the bitterness of life,
hope and fear no longer exist in him, only indifference
which produces stupefaction.
47
Forbidden fruit has no attraction until we know that it is
forbidden.
48
A man can be judged from the theatres he frequents and the
ladies who accompany him there.
49
Criticism grows faint in the presence of successful
achievement.
50-51
A man may confess that his judgment was at fault,
but
never that his intentions were other than strictly
honorable.
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