Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can.
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.
Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.
A loving maiden grows unconsciously more bold.
The look of a king is itself a deed.
The German language is the organ among the languages.