"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."

"Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with."

"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all."

"Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit."

"The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late."

"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."

"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these."

"An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand."

"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low."

"Neglect of appearance becomes men."

"There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it."

"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."

"He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed."

"Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory."

"Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear."

"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love."

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop."

"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."

"The burden which is well borne becomes light."

"Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love."

"First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe," three times."

"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."

"Daring is not safe against daring men."

"Love is full of anxious fears."

"Time, motion and wine cause sleep."

"The prayers of cowards fortune spurns."

"Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish."

"A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward."

"In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are."

"Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength."

"Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves."

"Love is a kind of warfare."

"Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."

"Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place."

"Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you."

"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish."

"He who says o'er much I love not is in love."

"Where belief is painful we are slow to believe."

"If you want to be loved, be lovable."

"What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct."

"An evil life is a kind of death."

"Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul."

"The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea."

"Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs."

"Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality."

"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."

"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."

"You will go most safely in the middle."

"Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair."