Art is difficult, transient is her reward.
Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
The first great law is to obey.
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.