To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

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.

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish!

The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.