Nothing dries sooner than tears.
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.
Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.
What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.