The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.
The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.