Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.