As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.
The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.
The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
We are not men, but promises of men.
Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.
Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.