The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny. — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
No man knoweth how another man maketh his love, for women tell not. — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Son, heed my instruction, and apply thyself to know women; let thine eyes observe her when she is with another, for what she doeth… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress. — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
A maiden's first kiss cometh hard, yea, it is as the first olive out of a bottle, requiring much skill; but the rest are… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
A woman findeth in her last lover much of her first love; but a man seeth his next-to-the-last love, alway. — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women,… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Hurry not a woman's favor; neither forcer her hastily to surrender to thee. For she goeth into love as she goeth into the waters… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat. — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Son, if a maiden love thee, thou shalt appear handsome in her sight; she shall praise thine eyes, and the corners of thy mouth,… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
