Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her understanding.

Only the soul that loves is happy

Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.