It is less difficult to look beyond ... and foretell the future, than to look back and remember what has already gone before.
things never seem as bad as they are.
one pities most those who loved, and still died. Only those who love, dread death.
It is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it.
our deeds have even less substance than we ourselves.
Bad enough to make mistakes, without going ahead and marrying them.