... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

What is opportunity to the man who cant use it?

To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.