The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.
Don't seem to he on the lookout for crows, else you'll set other people watching.
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.