'And how about the old proverb?' remarked the old Prince, who had long been listening to the conversation with a humorous twinkle in his small glittering eyes. 'My daughters won't mind my mentioning it. Women's hair is long, but their wits...' [The Russian proverb runs: 'Woman's hair is long, but her wits are short.']
És a közmondás? - szólott a herczeg, a ki már régóta figyelt a társalgásra, s apró gúnyos szemeit csillogtatta, - a leányaim előtt tán kimondhatom: hosszú haj...