It needs as much generosity to take as to give.
Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.
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.
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.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.