The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.
Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.
We are not men, but promises of men.
Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.
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.