Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.
The more you judge, the less you love.
Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.
Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space.
Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.
No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.