You have to go the rounds from individual to individual in order to gather the totality of the race.
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.
Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
False fancy brings real misery.
Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.