Freebsd Fortunes 2

A widow is more sought after than an old maid of the same age.
                -- Addison

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there
*for the rest of your life*.
                -- Jim Samuels

A wise man can see more from a mountain top
than a fool can from the bottom of a well.

A wise man can see more from the bottom
of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.

A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion.
                -- Chinese proverb

A witty saying proves nothing.
                -- Voltaire

A wizard cannot do everything; a fact most magicians are reticent to admit,
let alone discuss with prospective clients.  Still, the fact remains that
there are certain objects, and people, that are, for one reason or another,
completely immune to any direct magical spell.  It is for this group of
beings that the magician learns the subtleties of using indirect spells.
It also does no harm, in dealing with these matters, to carry a large club
near your person at all times.
                -- The Teachings of Ebenezum, Volume VIII

A woman can look both moral and exciting -- if she also looks as if it
were quite a struggle.
                -- Edna Ferber

A woman can never be too rich or too thin.

A woman did what a woman had to, the best way she knew how.
To do more was impossible, to do less, unthinkable.
                -- Dirisha, "The Man Who Never Missed"