Above all, do not lie to yourself.
When I look back at the past and think of all the time I squandered in error and idleness,... then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift... every minute could have been an eternity of happiness! If only youth knew! Now my life will change; now I will be reborn.
Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness
You can be sincere and still be stupid.
When reason fails, the devil helps!
A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.