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.

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.

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.

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.

Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.

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