While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.

Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

In this world, you only get what you grab for.

It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything.