'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.']
-- А пословица? -- сказал князь, давно уж прислушиваясь к разговору и блестя своими маленькими насмешливыми глазами, -- при дочерях можно: волос долог...