"I like restraint, if it doesn't go..." - Quote by Mae West

“I started out as Snow White, but then I drifted.”

“You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.”

“Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault.”

“Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.”

“It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor does moral conduct, and it is possible to perform noble deeds even without being ruler of land and sea: one can do virtuous acts with quite moderate resources. This may be clearly observed in experience: private citizens do not seem to be less but more given to doing virtuous actions than princes and potentates. It is sufficient then if moderate resources are forthcoming; for a life of virtuous activity will be essentially a happy life.”

“A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.”

“Human nature, essentially changeable, as unstable as the dust, can endure no restraint; if it binds itself it soon begins to tear madly at its bonds, until it rends everything asunder, the wall, the bonds, and its very self.”

“Although there are weapons for tens and hundreds of soldiers, they will not be used.”

“Restraint never ruins one's health.”