A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.

A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.

According as the man is, so must you humour him.

When will the veil be lifted that casts so black a night over the universe? God of Israel, lift at last the gloom: For how long will you be hidden?

To repair the irreparable ravages of time.

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.