Placed on this isthmus of a middle state.
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.
There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, ''Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.
It is sure the hardest science to forget!
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.