How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!
He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly
God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers; but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you.
You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments