Charles Perrault

“He who is the most slow to promise is the most faithful in performance.”

“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”

“Curiosity, in spite of its charms, often leads to regret.”

“No gift is more precious than good advice.”

“For there is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

“From this story one may learn that children, especially young lasses, pretty, courteous and well-bred, do very wrong to listen to strangers.”

“Beauty in a woman is a fleeting flower.”

“For in the end, it is not the beauty of a woman that is praised, but the courage, obedience, and solidity of her virtues.”

“For there is no grief, no sorrow, no matter how great, which time does not lessen and soften.”

“Without doubt it is a great advantage to have intelligence, courage, good breeding, and good sense.”

“Granny, what big arms you have!”

“All the better to hug you with, my dear.”

“And, as you know, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.”

“Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh at the great rival of his time -- fortune.”

“The most beautiful queens are always captured.”

“It is a great advantage to have a handsome face.”