Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
Women lied to get a man into bed, and they lied worse once they had him there.
Women do not become exhausted, they only exhaust others.
Women could compress a great deal into one look.
Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose.
When you ask questions, then you have to hear the answers whether you want to or not.
When the fishmongers are all buying at the same price, you can bet they were all drinking at the same inn last night.
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
What is too absurd to believe is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.
What can’t be changed must be endured.
We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
